<< Back to dictionary

The Meaning of stab

  • (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.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
  • (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
  • (v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
  • (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.
  • (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
  • (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