stab

[ stab ]
/ stæb /

verb (used with object), stabbed, stab·bing.

verb (used without object), stabbed, stab·bing.

to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker.
to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon.

noun

Idioms for stab

    a stab in the back, an act of treachery.
    stab (someone) in the back, to do harm to (someone), especially to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position.

Origin of stab

1325–75; (v.) Middle English (Scots) stabben < ?; (noun) late Middle English, akin to or derivative of the v.; compare Scots stob stub1

OTHER WORDS FROM stab

re·stab, verb, re·stabbed, re·stab·bing. un·stabbed, adjective

Definition for stab (2 of 2)

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British Dictionary definitions for stab

stab
/ (stæb) /

verb stabs, stabbing or stabbed

noun

Derived forms of stab

stabber, noun

Word Origin for stab

C14: from stabbe stab wound; probably related to Middle English stob stick

Idioms and Phrases with stab

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