Stab

[stæb]

Definition

(noun.) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; 'one strong stab to the heart killed him'.

(verb.) stab or pierce; 'he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife'.

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Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

(v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

(v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

(n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.

(n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.

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

Editor: Sasha

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Thrust, stick.

v. a. Pierce, transfix, gore, spear.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Pierce, transfix, thrust

Typist: Tito

Definition

v.t. to wound with a pointed weapon: to wound: to injure secretly or by slander: to roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster: to pierce folded sheets near their back edges for the passage of thread or wire.—v.i. to give a stab or a mortal wound:—pr.p. stab′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. stabbed.—n. a wound with a pointed weapon: an injury given secretly.—n. Stab′ber one who stabs.—adv. Stab′bingly.

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