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verb
- 1. thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill: "he stabbed her in the stomach" Similar
noun
- 1. a thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon: "multiple stab wounds" Similar
- 2. an attempt to do (something): informal "Meredith made a feeble stab at joining in" Similar
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STAB definition: 1. to injure someone with a sharp pointed object such as a knife: 2. to make a short, forceful…. Learn more.
Stab definition: to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. See examples of STAB used in a sentence.
1. : to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon. 2. : thrust, drive.
To stab is to thrust or jab something sharp, the way you stab your sandwich with a toothpick or the way Brutus (and others) stab Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play. You can stab at the soil in your garden with a trowel or stab the steak on your plate with a fork.
If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding.
to do or say something that harms somebody who trusts you synonym betray. See stab in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: stab. Definition of stab verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. To make a thrusting or poking motion at or into: stabbed the air with his fingers. v.intr. 1. To thrust with or as if with a pointed weapon: stabbed at the food with her fork. 2.
stab. noun [ C ] uk / stæb / us. the act of pushing a knife into someone: He had a deep stab wound in his neck. a stab of guilt/jealousy/regret, etc. a sudden, unpleasant emotion: She felt a stab of guilt. have a stab at sth/doing sth informal.
stab meaning, definition, what is stab: to push a knife into someone or somethin...: Learn more.
Stab definition: To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
