- to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest.
- to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience.
- to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in: He stabbed me in the chest with his finger.The speaker stabbed the air in anger.
- to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker.
- to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon.
- the act of stabbing.
- a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon.
- an attempt; try; Make a stab at an answer before giving up.
- a wound made by stabbing.
- a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot.A stab of pity ran through her.
- an act of treachery.
- to do harm to (someone), especially to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position.
- stabilization.
- stabilizer.
- stable.
- to pierce or injure with a sharp pointed instrument
- (of a sharp pointed instrument) to pierce or wound
- to make a thrust (at); jab
- to inflict with a sharp pain
- stab in the back
- to do damage to the reputation of (a person, esp a friend) in a surreptitious way
- a treacherous action or remark that causes the downfall of or injury to a person
- the act or an instance of stabbing
- an injury or rift made by stabbing
- a sudden sensation, esp an unpleasant one
- an attempt (esp in the phrase make a stab at)