Usually means: Pierce or wound with pointed object.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 40 dictionaries that define the word stab:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. stab: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. stab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stab: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stab: Vocabulary.com
  6. Stab, stab: Wordnik
  7. stab: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. STAB, stab: Wiktionary
  9. stab: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. stab: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. stab: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. stab, stab: Dictionary.com
  13. stab (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. stab: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Stab (Luftwaffe designation), Stab (Scream), Stab (b-boy move), Stab (disambiguation), Stab (music), Stab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Stab: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. stab: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. stab: Rhymezone
  19. Stab (m), stab: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. stab: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. stab: Free Dictionary
  22. stab: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. stab: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. stab: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stab: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. STAB: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. stab: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. stab: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. STAB: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. stab: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stab, stab, stab: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stab: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See stabbed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
noun:  A wound made by stabbing.
noun:  Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
noun:  (informal) An attempt.
noun:  Criticism.
noun:  (music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
noun:  A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
verb:  (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
verb:  (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
verb:  (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
verb:  (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
verb:  (transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
verb:  (transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
verb:  (transitive, oil industry) To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.
noun:  (aviation, slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
noun:  (fandom slang, Pokémon) A 50% damage boost applied when a Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move).
adjective:  (industrial relations) Clipping of established. [Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.]
noun:  (industrial relations) Clipping of establishment. [The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.]

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     blood red,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



Word origin

Words similar to stab

Usage examples for stab

Idioms related to stab

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing stab

Popular nouns described by stab

Words that often appear near stab

Rhymes of stab

Invented words related to stab

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     blood red,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out stab 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!