5 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation. [1913 Webster] 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stabbing adj 1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" [syn: {traumatic}, {wounding}] 2: as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: {cutting}, {keen}, {knifelike}, {piercing}, {lancinate}, {lancinating}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stabbing See {stab} From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 76 Moby Thesaurus words for "stabbing": acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, agonizing, astringent, atrocious, bayonetting, biting, bitter, brisk, caustic, corroding, corrosive, cramping, cruel, cutting, distressing, double-edged, edged, escharotic, excruciating, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, hurtful, hurting, impalement, incisive, keen, knifelike, knifing, mordacious, mordant, painful, paroxysmal, penetrating, piercing, poignant, pungent, racking, rigorous, rough, scathing, scorching, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stinging, strident, stringent, tart, the sword, tormenting, torturous, transfixion, trenchant, vehement, violent, virulent, vitriolic, withering
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