Meaning

8 senses

  1. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object to hurt or kill someone.

    Stich

    уда́рudár, уко́лukól, проко́лprokól

  2. A wound made by stabbing.

    Stichwunde

    ко́лотая ра́наkólotaja rána

  3. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

    уко́лukól, ко́лкостьkólkostʹ, плево́кplevók

  4. (informal)An attempt.

    I'll give this thankless task a stab.

    попы́ткаpopýtka

    спро́баspróba

    informal words for any attempt or effort

  5. Criticism.

    кри́тикаkrítika, уко́рukór, упрёкuprjók

    кри́тикаkrýtyka

  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.

  8. (slang)The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.

    стабилиза́торstabilizátor, кильkilʹ

Examples

402 sentences

  1. 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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  2. Tom tried to stab Mary.

    Том спробував вдарити Мері ножем. — deniko

    ruТом пытался ударить Мэри ножом. — odexed

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  3. Tom stabbed Mary.

    Том зарізав Мері. — deniko

    ruТом ударил Мэри ножом. — odexed

    deTom stach auf Maria ein. — Yorwba

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  4. I was stabbed.

    Мене вдарили ножем. — deniko

    deIch wurde mit einem Messer verletzt. — AutoBot

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  5. She stabbed him with a knife.

    ruОна заколола его ножом. — mrtaistoi

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
attempt:
criticism:
Русский
By meaning 6
act of stabbing:
wound made by stabbing:
pain inflicted on a person's feelings:
attempt:
criticism:
aircraft stabilizer, fin:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of stabbing:
wound made by stabbing:

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.

Clipping of stabilizer or stabiliser.

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Forms

plural: stabs
Singularstab
Pluralstabs

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument:thrustknife thrust
  • informal words for any attempt or effort:shot
  • a sudden sharp feeling:pangtwinge

Word family

17 related words
Derivedantistabdownstabstab bindingstabbingstabbystab cellstablikestab passstabproofstab-ragstab stitchstabstitchstabveststabwortstabworthystab woundstabwound

Collocations

11 patterns
  • got stabbed
  • stabbed three times
  • stabbed to death
  • stabbed in the
  • got stabbed in
  • was stabbed three
  • was stabbed by
  • stabbed three
  • was stabbed in
  • has been stabbed
  • was stabbed to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
squishsquishyststabilityB2stabilizationstabilizeC2stableB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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