Stab
/stæb/
noun
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
A wound made by stabbing.
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
verb
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.”
To thrust in a stabbing motion.
“to stab a dagger into a person”
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.”