Definitions
1.nounAn act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
2.nounA wound made by stabbing.
3.nounPain inflicted on a person's feelings.
4.nounAn attempt.
5.nounCriticism.
6.nounA single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition."a horn stab"
7.nounA bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
8.verbTo pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger."If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate."
9.verbTo thrust in a stabbing motion."to stab a dagger into a person"
10.verbTo recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at)."He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes."
11.verbTo cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at)."The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain."
12.verbTo injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander."to stab a person's reputation"
13.verbTo roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
14.verbTo pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.