stab
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
First attested in Middle English, probably from Scottish Gaelic stob (“to prick, to prod, to push, to thrust”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
stab (plural stabs)
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- (informal) An attempt.
- I'll give this thankless task a stab.
- Criticism.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
act of stabbing
wound made by stabbing
criticism
Verb [edit]
stab (third-person singular simple present stabs, present participle stabbing, simple past and past participle stabbed)
- (transitive) To pierce or to wound with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tremarn Case[1]:
- “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”
- If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tremarn Case[1]:
- (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
- He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes.
- (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
To pierce or wound with pointed object
To cause a sharp painful sensation
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From German Stab.
Noun [edit]
stab c (singular definite staben, plural indefinite stabe)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of stab
Swedish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
stab c
- a staff
Declension [edit]
Declension of stab
