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- DictionaryStab/stab/
verb
- 1. (of a person) thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill: "he stabbed him in the stomach"
noun
- 1. a thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon: "multiple stab wounds"
- 2. an attempt to do (something): informal "Meredith made a feeble stab at joining in"
The meaning of STAB is a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon. How to use stab in a sentence.
to injure someone with a sharp pointed object such as a knife: She was stabbed several times in the chest. He was jailed for 15 years for stabbing his wife to death. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to hurt someone physically. hurt I hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
noun. the act of stabbing. a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon. an attempt; try; Make a stab at an answer before giving up. a wound made by stabbing. a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot. A stab of pity ran through her.
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. A thrust with a pointed weapon or instrument. 2. A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon. 3. A sudden piercing pain. 4. An attempt; a try: made a stab at the answer. Idiom: stab (someone) in the back. To harm (someone) by treachery or betrayal of trust. [Middle English stabben .] stab′ber n.
If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding.
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.
