Stab

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stab \Stab\, v. i.
     1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to
        thrust with a pointed weapon.
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              None shall dare


              With shortened sword to stab in closer war.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
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              She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. --Shak.
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     {To stab at}, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a
        pointed weapon at.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stab \Stab\, n.
     1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
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     2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the
        stab of an assassin. --Shak.
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     3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab
        given to character.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stab \Stab\ (st[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stabbed} (st[a^]bd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Stabbing}.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten,
     fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff,
     stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a
     stub. Cf. {Staff}.]
     1. 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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     2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
        slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stab culture \Stab culture\ (Bacteriol.)
     A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin,
     with the puncture of a needle or wire; -- called also {stab}.
     The growths are usually of characteristic form.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stab
       n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
            of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: {pang}, {twinge}]
       2: a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed
          instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
          [syn: {thrust}, {knife thrust}]
       3: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
          best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: {shot}]
       v 1: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: {knife}]
       2: stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket
          knife" [syn: {jab}]
       3: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
          ribs" [syn: {jab}, {prod}, {poke}, {dig}]
       [also: {stabbing}, {stabbed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  246 Moby Thesaurus words for "stab":
     Judas kiss, abrade, abrasion, ache, acute pain, afflict, aggrieve,
     agonize, ail, anguish, approach, assay, attempt, auger,
     barb the dart, bark, bayonet, betray, betrayal, bid, bite, blemish,
     blind guess, bloody, bold conjecture, bore, boring pain, break,
     broach, bruise, burn, chafe, charley horse, check, chip, claw,
     concussion, conjecture, convulse, countersink, crack, crackle,
     cramp, cramps, craze, crick, crucify, cut, cut up, dagger,
     darting pain, dig, dirk, distress, double-cross, drill, drive,
     duplicity, effort, empierce, endeavor, essay, excruciate,
     experiment, feint, fester, fix, flash burn, fling, fracture, fray,
     frazzle, fret, fulgurant pain, gall, gambit, gash, girdle pain,
     give pain, gnaw, gnawing, go, gore, gouge, gouge out, grate,
     grieve, grind, gripe, griping, guess, harm, harrow, hitch, hole,
     home thrust, honeycomb, hunch, hurt, hurt the feelings, impale,
     incise, incision, inflame, inflict pain, injure, injury, irritate,
     jab, jumping pain, kill by inches, kink, knife, lacerate,
     laceration, lance, lancinating pain, lesion, lick, lunge, maim,
     make mincemeat of, martyr, martyrize, maul, mortal wound, move,
     mutilate, mutilation, needle, nip, offer, pain, pang, paroxysm,
     pass, penetrate, perforate, perhaps, pierce, pin, pinch, pink,
     plunge, plunge in, poke, poniard, pop, prick, prolong the agony,
     prong, punch, puncture, put to torture, rack, ram, rankle, rasp,
     ream, ream out, rend, rent, riddle, rip, rough guess, rub, run,
     run through, rupture, saber, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape,
     scratch, scuff, second-degree burn, seizure, sell out, sharp pain,
     shoot, shooting, shooting pain, shot, sink, skewer, skin, slap,
     slash, slit, sore, spasm, spear, speculation, spike, spit, sprain,
     stab wound, stabbing pain, stagger, step, stick, stiletto, sting,
     stitch, strain, stroke, strong bid, surmise, swing, sword, tap,
     tear, tentative, third-degree burn, thrill, throes, thrust, tormen,
     torment, torture, transfix, transpierce, trauma, traumatize,
     treachery, trepan, trephine, trial, trial and error, try, tweak,
     twinge, twist, twist the knife, twitch, undertaking,
     unverified supposition, whack, whirl, wild guess, wound,
     wounds immedicable, wrench, wring
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  STAB
       
           A descendent of {BCPL}.
       
          (1996-08-25)