Category:Stab

Stab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] Etym: [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.

2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, To stab a person's reputation.

Stab Stab, v. i.

1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a Pointed weapon. None shall dare with shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden.

2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak. To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon At.

Stab Stab, n.

1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.

2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an Assassin. Shak.

3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given To character.