stab
(stăb)
[Middle English stabben.]
verb: stabbed, stab·bing, stabs.
transitive verb
- To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
- To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something.
- To make a thrusting or poking motion at or into: stabbed the air with his fingers.
intransitive verb
- To thrust with or as if with a pointed weapon: stabbed at the food with her fork.
- To inflict a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
noun
- A thrust with a pointed weapon or instrument.
- A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon.
- A sudden piercing pain.
- An attempt; a try: made a stab at the answer.
idioms
- stab (someone) in the back
- To harm (someone) by treachery or betrayal of trust.
derivatives
- stab́ber
- noun
