Definitions
1.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."
2.verbTo thrust in a stabbing motion."to stab a dagger into a person"
3.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."
4.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."
5.verbTo injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander."to stab a person's reputation"
6.verbTo roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
7.verbTo pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.