·noun The thrust of a pointed weapon.
II. Stab ·vi To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
III. Stab ·noun Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
IV. Stab ·noun A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an Assassin.
V. Stab ·vt Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
VI. Stab ·vi To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to Pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
VII. Stab ·vt To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.