Definitions for: Stab


[n] a thrusting blow with a knife
[v] poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
[v] stab or pierce
[v] use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"



Webster (1913) Definition: Stab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave,
staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E.
staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf.
Staff.]
1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the
thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a
dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a
person.

2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.


Stab, v. i.
1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to
thrust with a pointed weapon.

None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in
closer war. --Dryden.

2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. --Shak.

To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a
pointed weapon at.


Stab, n.
1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.

2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the
stab an assassin. --Shak.

3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab
given to character.

Synonyms: dig, jab, knife, knife thrust, poke, prod, thrust

See Also: bayonet, blow, goad, horn in, injure, intrude into, meddle with, poke into, poniard, prick, thrust, wound

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