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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.
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.
1. : to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon. 2. : thrust, drive. intransitive verb. : to thrust or give a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. stabber noun. Phrases. stab in the back. : betray.
If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding.
Stab definition: to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. See examples of STAB used in a sentence.
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.
Definition of stab verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a sudden, unpleasant emotion: She felt a stab of guilt. have a stab at sth/doing sth informal. to try to do something, or to try an activity that you have not done before: She had a stab at solving the problem. (Definition of stab from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of stab. in Chinese (Traditional)
3 days ago · stab (third-person singular simple present stabs, present participle stabbing, simple past and past participle stabbed) (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.
stab meaning, definition, what is stab: to push a knife into someone or somethin...: Learn more.
