[stab] 
,verb, stabbed, stab⋅bing, noun | 1. | to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork. |
| 2. | to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest. |
| 3. | to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience. |
| 4. | to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in: He stabbed me in the chest with his finger. The speaker stabbed the air in anger. |
| 5. | to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker. |
| 6. | to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon. |
| 7. | the act of stabbing. |
| 8. | a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon. |
| 9. | an attempt; try: Make a stab at an answer before giving up. |
| 10. | a wound made by stabbing. |
| 11. | a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot. A stab of pity ran through her. |
| 12. | stab in the back, an act of treachery. |
| 13. | stab (someone) in the back, to do harm to (someone), esp. to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position. |
