stab

1. (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.Examples: "If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate."; ""There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]""; "Hornet blazed away as best she could, but, having to split her attention between high and low attackers, as well as having the aft 5-inch battery temporarily disabled by a young officer who'd accidentally run the guns into their stops, freezing them in position until the issue could be sorted, meant that two 550-pound semi-armor-piercing bombs, and one fractionally-lighter high-explosive bomb, soon crashed down, the first two stabbing deep into the ship and the other one blowing a hole in the flight deck, accompanied by a dive bomber that had been shot down but elected to go out by slamming into the Hornet as opposed to the sea. In some small comfort, that aircraft's bomb didn't go off as well."Synonyms: foin, jab, shivtransitive

2. (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.Examples: "to stab a dagger into a person"transitive

3. (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).Examples: "He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes."; "None shall dare / With shortened sword to stab in closer war."; "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."intransitive

4. (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).Examples: "The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain."intransitive

5. (transitive, figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.Examples: "to stab a person's reputation"Synonyms: besmirch, denigrate, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittlefigurativelytransitive

6. (transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.transitive

1. (aviation, slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.Examples: "If the pilots used electric pitch trim, it would only pause MCAS for 5s; to deactivate it you have to switch off the STAB TRIM CUTOUT switches."slang

1. (industrial relations) Clipping of established.Examples: "Do you know whether any country offices pay their men by the thousand, or whether they are on stab wages? — I do not know. Some are paid stab wages, but I do not know whether there is much piece-work."; "The pressmen were granted a stab wage of 36s for a 60 hour week, and the extras for overtime and Sunday work […]"abbreviationalt-ofclippingnot-comparable

1. (industrial relations) Clipping of establishment.Examples: "[…] there were 286 overseers and 210 readers occupied in the 501 offices; 2,691 compositors were paid on the stab […]"abbreviationalt-ofclippingno-plural

1. (fandom slang, Pokémon) A 50% damage boost applied when a Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move).slanguncountable