Stab

/stæb/

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.

verb

  1. To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

    If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.

  2. To thrust in a stabbing motion.

    to stab a dagger into a person

  3. 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.

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