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The Meaning of stab
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(v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
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(v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
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(v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
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(v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
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(n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.
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(n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
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(n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
Synonyms
twinge
,
pang
,
shot
,
sting
,
thrust
,
knife thrust
,
jabbing
,
push
,
poking
,
drive
,
driving force
,
poke
,
thrusting
,
jab
,
injection
,
scene
,
guess
,
dig
,
stroke
,
barb
,
pellet
,
gibe
,
guesswork
,
slam
,
crack
,
shooter
,
nip
,
shooting
,
dead reckoning
,
guessing
,
blastoff
,
snap
,
snapshot
,
shaft
,
jibe
,
prod
,
knife
,
compass
,
nose
,
fag
,
incite
,
toil
,
pry
,
grind
,
drudge
,
moil
,
dig up
,
horn in
,
delve
,
nudge
,
grasp
,
egg on
,
thump
,
cut into
,
travail
,
labour
,
get the picture
,
hollow
,
apprehend
,
pound
,
comprehend
,
turn over
,
excavate
,
savvy
,
labor
,
grok
,
intrude
,
poke at
,
dig out
,
injure
,
wound
Rhymes
ab
,
ahab
,
bab
,
babb
,
cab
,
colab
,
crab
,
crabb
,
crabbe
,
dab
,
drab
,
fab
,
flab
,
gab
,
grab
,
grabbe
,
jab
,
knab
,
knabb
,
krabbe
,
lab
,
labbe
,
mab
,
macnab
,
mcnab
,
mcnabb
,
nab
,
prefab
,
punjab
,
rab
,
rabb
,
sabb
,
scab
,
schab
,
slab
,
tab
,
tabb
,
taxicab