Stab /(stăb)/

imp. & p. p. Stabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing

1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

   None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war.

2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

   She speaks poniards, and every word stabs.

1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin.
3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.