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Definitions for Stab

[1] to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
[2] to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest.
[3] to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience.
[4] 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.
[5] to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker.
[6] to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon.
[7] the act of stabbing.
[8] a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon.
[9] an attempt; try: Make a stab at an answer before giving up.
[10] a wound made by stabbing.
[11] a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot. A stab of pity ran through her.
[12] a stab in the back , an act of treachery.
[13] stab (someone) in the back , to do harm to (someone), especially to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position.
[14] stabilization.
[15] stabilizer.
[16] stable.
[17] (tr) to pierce or injure with a sharp pointed instrument
[18] (tr) (of a sharp pointed instrument) to pierce or wound the knife stabbed her hand
[19] (when intr , often foll by at ) to make a thrust (at); jab he stabbed at the doorway
[20] (tr) to inflict with a sharp pain
[21] stab in the back (verb) to do damage to the reputation of (a person, esp a friend) in a surreptitious way (noun) a treacherous action or remark that causes the downfall of or injury to a person
[22] the act or an instance of stabbing
[23] an injury or rift made by stabbing
[24] a sudden sensation, esp an unpleasant one a stab of pity
[25] informal an attempt (esp in the phrase make a stab at )

Words related to Stab

twinge, jab, whack, prick, injure, wound, punch, hurt, stick, blow, gash, incision, piercing, pang, rent, puncture, ache, thrust, jag, essay

Words nearby Stab

st.-ouen, st.-émilion, st.-étienne, sta, sta., stab, stab cell, stab culture, stab drain, stab in the back, a, stab kick

Origin of Stab

1325–75; (v.) Middle English (Scots ) stabben < ?; (noun) late Middle English, akin to or derivative of the v.; compare Scots stob stub1

Other words from Stab

re·stab , verb, re·stabbed, re·stab·bing.
un·stabbed , adjective

Word origin for Stab

C14: from stabbe stab wound; probably related to Middle English stob stick

Synonyms for Stab

jab, twinge, ache, blow, gash, hurt, incision, jag, pang, piercing, prick, puncture, rent, stick, thrust, wound, transfixion