Stab

Noun

 * 1) An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
 * 2) A wound made by stabbing.
 * 3) Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
 * 4)  An attempt.
 * I'll give this thankless task a stab.
 * 1) Criticism.

Derived terms

 * have a stab at, take a stab at
 * stabbing
 * stabby
 * stab vest
 * stab in the dark
 * stab in the back

Verb

 * 1)  To pierce or to wound with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
 * 2)  To aim a blow with a weapon or a finger (at someone or something).
 * 3)  To aim a blow with a weapon or a finger.
 * 4)  To cause a sharp, painful sensation.

Derived terms

 * stabber noun

Adverbs for Stab
adroitly; fatally; dangerously; hideously; vindictively; passionately; treacherously.

Thesaurus
Judas kiss, abrade, abrasion, ache, acute pain, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, approach, assay, attempt, auger, barb the dart, bark, bayonet, betray, betrayal, bid, bite, blemish, blind guess, bloody, bold conjecture, bore, boring pain, break, broach, bruise, burn, chafe, charley horse, check, chip, claw, concussion, conjecture, convulse, countersink, crack, crackle, cramp, cramps, craze, crick, crucify, cut, cut up, dagger, darting pain, dig, dirk, distress, double-cross, drill, drive, duplicity, effort, empierce, endeavor, essay, excruciate, experiment, feint, fester, fix, flash burn, fling, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, fulgurant pain, gall, gambit, gash, girdle pain, give pain, gnaw, gnawing, go, gore, gouge, gouge out, grate, grieve, grind, gripe, griping, guess, harm, harrow, hitch, hole, home thrust, honeycomb, hunch, hurt, hurt the feelings, impale, incise, incision, inflame, inflict pain, injure, injury, irritate, jab, jumping pain, kill by inches, kink, knife, lacerate, laceration, lance, lancinating pain, lesion, lick, lunge, maim, make mincemeat of, martyr, martyrize, maul, mortal wound, move, mutilate, mutilation, needle, nip, offer, pain, pang, paroxysm, pass, penetrate, perforate, perhaps, pierce, pin, pinch, pink, plunge, plunge in, poke, poniard, pop, prick, prolong the agony, prong, punch, puncture, put to torture, rack, ram, rankle, rasp, ream, ream out, rend, rent, riddle, rip, rough guess, rub, run, run through, rupture, saber, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, seizure, sell out, sharp pain, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, shot, sink, skewer, skin, slap, slash, slit, sore, spasm, spear, speculation, spike, spit, sprain, stab wound, stabbing pain, stagger, step, stick, stiletto, sting, stitch, strain, stroke, strong bid, surmise, swing, sword, tap, tear, tentative, third-degree burn, thrill, throes, thrust, tormen, torment, torture, transfix, transpierce, trauma, traumatize, treachery, trepan, trephine, trial, trial and error, try, tweak, twinge, twist, twist the knife, twitch, undertaking, unverified supposition, whack, whirl, wild guess, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench, wring

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/st{b/}}

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pisto, pistäminen
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian: durt


 * Lithuanian: durti
 * Norwegian: stikk
 * Persian: خنجر زدن
 * Russian: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pistohaava
 * Italian: ,


 * Norwegian: stikk
 * Russian: колотая рана


 * Finnish: pisto


 * Norwegian: stikk


 * Dutch:
 * Russian:


 * Ukrainian: спроба


 * Dutch: ,
 * Norwegian: stikk


 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian:

Verb

 * Arabic: (ṭáʕana)
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: apunyalar, acoltellar
 * Chinese: 朿 (cì)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: pobodat
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, frapper d'un coup de couteau
 * Galician:, acoitelar
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Latin:, , , , , perfigo, ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: apunhalar,
 * Romanian:, , a da o lovitură de cuţit,
 * Romansch: stilettar, cuntellar
 * Russian: закалывать, прокалывать
 * Santali:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: bıçaklamak
 * Turkish: bıçaklamak
 * Turkish: bıçaklamak


 * Dutch:


 * Hungarian:


 * Dutch:


 * Hungarian:, böködik


 * Dutch:
 * Hungarian: nyilallik


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: ранить

Anagrams

 * ATBs
 * bast
 * bats
 * tabs

Noun

 * 1) staff

Etymology
From Stab:.

Noun

 * 1) a staff

Etymology
From Stab:.