B2verb · transitive · rare

stab

stab · stabs · stabbed · stabbing

клеїти, липнути, втикати

колоть, пробить, ткнуть, ударить

stechen, erstechen, niederstechen

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

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/stæb/

» She stabbed him in the back.

Sie hat ihn verraten.

Sie hat ihm einen Dolchstoß in den Rücken versetzt.

Она ударила его в спину ножом.

Она всадила ему нож в спину.

Вона вдарила йому в спину ножем.

Meaning

8 senses

(transitive)To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.
stechen, erstechen, niederstechen
уда́ритьudáritʹ, коло́тьkolótʹ, заре́затьzarézatʹ
(transitive)To thrust in a stabbing motion.
to stab a dagger into a person
воткну́тьvotknútʹ, вонзи́тьvonzítʹ, вогна́тьvognátʹ
poke or thrust abruptly
(intransitive)To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually 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.
ты́катьtýkatʹ, ткнутьtknutʹ
(intransitive)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.
коло́тьkolótʹ, пока́лыватьpokályvatʹ, жечьžečʹ
(figuratively, transitive)To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
to stab a person's reputation
очерни́тьočernítʹ, опоро́читьoporóčitʹ, запятна́тьzapjatnátʹ
(transitive)To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
(transitive)To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
пробива́тьprobivátʹ, проби́тьprobítʹ
(transitive)To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection.

Examples

402 sentences

She stabbed him in the back.
Вона вдарила йому в спину ножем. — deniko
ruОна ударила его в спину ножом. — odexed
deSie hat ihn verraten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom tried to stab Mary.
Том спробував вдарити Мері ножем. — deniko
ruТом пытался ударить Мэри ножом. — odexed
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Tom stabbed Mary.
Том зарізав Мері. — deniko
ruТом ударил Мэри ножом. — odexed
deTom stach auf Maria ein. — Yorwba
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I was stabbed.
Мене вдарили ножем. — deniko
deIch wurde mit einem Messer verletzt. — AutoBot
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She stabbed him with a knife.
ruОна заколола его ножом. — mrtaistoi
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 6

to pierce or wound with pointed object:

to thrust in a stabbing motion:

to recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object:

to cause a sharp painful sensation:

to injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander:

to pierce folded sheets for the passage of thread or wire:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to pierce or wound with pointed object:

Origin

First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or

First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or stake; a thrust with a pointed weapon”)), from Middle English stabbe (“a stab”), probably a variant of Middle English stob, stub, stubbe (“pointed stick, stake, thorn, stub, stump”), from Old Norse stobbi, stubbi, cognate with Old English stybb. Cognate with Middle Dutch stobbe.

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