Word Meaning

Meaning of stab

- 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.
- Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
- To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
- To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
- The thrust of a pointed weapon.
- A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
- Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.

Crossword clue for stab

- Ascending bats violently attack
- Beginners swim, try a basic plunge
- Betray, ... in the back
- Guess, take a ... at
- Have a guess what happens when bats return
- Injure with a knife
- Injure with knife
- Jab
- Jab knife into middle of Brussels tablecloth
- Mad to go back to sharp pain
- Perhaps vampires will come back and inflict knife wound
- Pierce
- Pierce with a knife
- Pierce with a sharp instrument
- Pierce with dagger
- Pierce with knife
- Plunge blade into
- Prod with raised bats
- Saint and sailor have a guess
- Saint and sailor take a guess
- Sharp twinge
- Skewer
- Sudden pain
- Sudden pang
- Thrust a knife into
- Try flipping sticks
- Uncanniest ability to have a guess
- Use dagger to turn back flying mammals
- Wound
- Wound with a knife
- Wound with dagger