stab🔊

An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

A wound made by stabbing.

Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

(informal) An attempt.

Criticism.

(music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.

A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. +

To thrust in a stabbing motion.

To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger {{non-gloss|(often used with at)}}.

To cause a sharp, painful sensation {{non-gloss|(often used with at)}}.

(figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander. +

To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.

To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.

(oil industry) To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.

(slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.

(industrial relations) (established)

(industrial relations) (establishment)