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- [stab]
- /stæb/
- /stæb/
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- [stab]
- /stæb/
Definitions of stab word
- verb with object stab to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork. 1
- verb with object stab to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest. 1
- verb with object stab to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience. 1
- verb with object stab to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in: He stabbed me in the chest with his finger. The speaker stabbed the air in anger. 1
- verb without object stab to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker. 1
- verb without object stab to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon. 1
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Origin of stab
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (v.) Middle English (Scots) stabben < ?; (noun) late Middle English, akin to or derivative of the v.; compare Scots stob stub1
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Parts of speech for Stab
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stab popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
stab usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stab
verb stab
- accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accessing — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- beaned — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
noun stab
- approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
- attempt — If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
- boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
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