stab

Pronunciation

• enPR: stăb, IPA ^(key): /stæb/
• SAMPA: /st{b/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular stab

Plural stabs

1. (countable) A stab is an act of thrusting or poking with an object to cause harm to someone.

   He made a stab at me; he tried to kill me.

Verb

Plain form stab

Third-person singular stabs

Past tense stabbed

Past participle stabbed

Present participle stabbing

a person being stabbed

1. (transitive) To stab someone is to harm them by poking or piercing.

   He stabbed the man in the back with a knife.