Meaning

• An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

• A wound made by stabbing.

• Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

• An attempt.

• Criticism.

• A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.

  "a horn stab"

• A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

Meaning

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

  "If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate."

• To thrust in a stabbing motion.

  "to stab a dagger into a person"

• To recklessly hit with the tip of a 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."

• 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."

• To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

  "to stab a person's reputation"

• To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.

• To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.