stab

/stæb/

noun

1
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
2
A wound made by stabbing.
3
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
4
An attempt.
5
Criticism.
6
A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
“a horn stab”
7
A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

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

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