3 entries under this word

Stab

Stăb, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. STABBED; p. pr. & vb. n. STABBING.] [O. D. staven, to fix, fasten, from stave, staf, a staff, rod, Ger. stab, a staff, stick.]

To pierce with a pointed weapon; as, to be stabbed by a dagger or a spear; to stab fish or eels.
To wound mischievously or mortally; to kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument.
To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab reputation.

Stăb, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon.

None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden.

Sense 2. To give a mortal wound.

He speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak.

To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.

Stăb, n.

noun

n. 1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.

A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin.
An injury given in the dark; a sly mischief; as, a stab given to character.