stab
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/stæb/
🇬🇧
/stæb/
verb
C1
to push a sharp object into someone to hurt or kill them
He tried to stab the attacker with a knife.
R
to make a quick, sharp movement with a pointed object
She made a quick stab at the paper with her pen.
noun
R
an act of stabbing someone or something; a wound from stabbing
The victim suffered a deep stab from the knife.
R
a sudden sharp pain
A sharp stab of pain shot through his leg.
R
an attempt to do something
She took a stab at solving the puzzle.
translation
to push a sharp object into someone to hurt or kill them; to make a quick, sharp movement with a pointed object
an act of stabbing someone or something; a wound from stabbing; a sudden sharp pain; an attempt to do something
Word Forms
Past
stabbed
Progressive
stabbing
3rd Present
stabs
Perfect
stabbed
Plural
stabs