stabbed; stabbing
1
: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon
: to thrust or give a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon
stabber
noun
Synonyms
Examples of stab in a Sentence
Noun
the injection left a small stab on her upper arm
everybody will get a stab at solving the problem
Verb
He stabbed her with a dagger.
The victim was stabbed in the chest five times.
Recent Examples on the Web
Emma Tucker, CNN, 2 July 2024
Police were called to the building on Sands St. near Jay St. in downtown Brooklyn just after 8 a.m. Friday, finding the victim on the 28th floor with a stab wound to his torso and a pit bull suffering from multiple knife wounds, cops and sources said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
He's accused of killing Samantha Woll, fatally stabbing her eight times around her face and neck during an Oct. 21, 2023 home invasion in Detroit's Lafayette Park neighborhood, just east of downtown.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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Noun
In the August 2022 attack, the author suffered three stab wounds to his neck, four to his stomach, puncture wounds to his right eye and chest, and a cut on his right thigh, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt has said.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 2 July 2024
Police were called to the building on Sands St. near Jay St. in downtown Brooklyn just after 8 a.m. Friday, finding the victim on the 28th floor with a stab wound to his torso and a pit bull suffering from multiple knife wounds, cops and sources said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
Verb
Ronald Gomez-Mesa, 29, was stabbed to death after a teen and a woman got into a crash outside Randy’s Deli and Grocery on W. Tremont Ave.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
He's accused of killing Samantha Woll, fatally stabbing her eight times around her face and neck during an Oct. 21, 2023 home invasion in Detroit's Lafayette Park neighborhood, just east of downtown.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
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“Stab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stab. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
stab
1 of 2 noun1
: a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon
2
: a thrust of a pointed weapon
3
: effort sense 2, try
I'll take a stab at it
stab
2 of 2 verb
stabbed; stabbing
1
: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon
stabber
noun
Medical Definition
stab
1 of 2 noun1
: a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon
2
a
: a culture medium solidified in an upright column in a tube to reduce the surface to a minimum compare slant
b
stab
2 of 2 transitive verb
stabbed; stabbing
: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon
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