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Definition of Stab
Stab

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.

Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

The thrust of a pointed weapon.

A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.

Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.

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Stab Quotations

True friends stab you in the front.
Oscar Wilde

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
Samuel Johnson

Real friends stab you in the front.
Jonathan Davis

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.
Herman Melville

Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a sense, kind of stab back at people that have those stereotypical ideas of the south.
Bubba Sparxxx

Stab Translations

stab in Danish is stikke
stab in Dutch is priemen, prikken, steken, pikken
stab in French is piquer
stab in German is ersteche, stechen
stab in Norwegian is stikke


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