intransitive verb. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.

intransitive verb. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something.

intransitive verb. To make a thrusting or poking motion at or into.

intransitive verb. To thrust with or as if with a pointed weapon.

intransitive verb. To inflict a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.

noun. A thrust with a pointed weapon or instrument.

noun. A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon.

noun. A sudden piercing pain.

noun. An attempt; a try.

idiom. (stab (someone) in the back) To harm (someone) by treachery or betrayal of trust.

noun. A thrust or blow with the point of a weapon, especially a dagger.

noun. A wound made with a sharp-pointed weapon.

noun. A wound given in the dark; a treacherous injury.

In bookbinding, to perforate near the back folds (the assembled sections of an unbound book). This operation is immediately followed by the insertion of the thread or wire which secures the sections together.

noun. In bacteriology, a culture of bacteria produced by stabbing the inoculating needle into the solid medium. See culture.

noun. In billiards, a foreshortened stroke, causing the cue-ball, for some special reason, to stop in the place of the one it set in motion.

noun. See the extracts.

To puncture, pierce, or wound with or as with a pointed weapon, especially with a knife or dagger.

To thrust or plunge, as a pointed weapon.

Figuratively, to pierce or penetrate; inflict keen or severe pain upon: injure secretly, as by slander or malicious falsehoods: as, to stab one in the back (that is, to slander one behind his back).

In masonry, to pick (a brick wall) so as to make it rough, and thereby afford a hold for plaster.

To aim a blow with a dagger or other pointed weapon, either literally or figuratively: as, to stab at a person.

To wound; be extremely cutting.

noun. The thrust of a pointed weapon.

noun. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon.

noun. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly.

transitive verb. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; ; also, to thrust.

transitive verb. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

intransitive verb. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

intransitive verb. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

intransitive verb. to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.

noun. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

noun. A wound made by stabbing.

noun. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

noun. An attempt.

noun. Criticism.

verb. To pierce or to wound with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

verb. To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).

verb. To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).

verb. use a knife on

noun. a sudden sharp feeling

verb. stab or pierce

noun. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

verb. poke or thrust abruptly

noun. informal words for any attempt or effort

"Bang went his stabbing assagai against his shield, and then _stab, stab, stab_, when he turned upon his feet as if upon a pivot, darting his weapon as if he were some fierce creature armed with"

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attempt  effort  endeavor  endeavour  thrust  

Ab  Bab  Crab  Crabbe  Fab  

ache  agony  flash  flicker  gasp  

Judas kiss  abrade  abrasion  ache  acute pain  

stabbed  stabbing  

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