stab

Plural: stabs

Noun

• a sudden sharp feeling
  • "she felt a stab of excitement"
• a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
  • "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
• informal words for any attempt or effort
  • "he took a stab at forecasting"
• An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
• A wound made by stabbing.
• Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
• An attempt.
• Criticism.
• A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
• A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
• The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
• Clipping of establishment.

Verb

Verb Forms: stabbed, stabbing, stabs

• To pierce with a pointed weapon; to make a quick, forceful thrust.
• use a knife on
• stab or pierce
• poke or thrust abruptly
• To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
• To thrust in a stabbing motion.
• To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
• To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
• To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or 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.
• To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.

Adj

• Clipping of established.

Examples

• He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes.
• He took a wild STAB at a word, hoping to hit a triple letter score.
• I'll give this thankless task a stab.
• If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.
• The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.
• to stab a dagger into a person
• to stab a person's reputation

Synonyms

dig, jab, knife, knife thrust, pang, poke, prod, shot, thrust, twinge, asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, chef, chib, ching, chive, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, diss, enthrill, foin, forgab, gore, gride, infamize, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lampoon, lancinate, libel, malign, monster, pigstick, pink, poach, reproach, revile, run through, scandal, shank, shit-talk, shiv, slag, slander, spatter, speak ill of, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, torch, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate, yerk

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