Definitions for stabs
stabs
stab
Spelling: [stab]
IPA: /stæb/
Stabs is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.
You can make 50 anagrams from letters in stabs (absst).
Definitions for stabs
noun
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the act of stabbing.
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a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon.
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an attempt; try:
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a wound made by stabbing.
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a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation:
Idioms
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a stab in the back, an act of treachery.
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stab (someone) in the back, to do harm to (someone), especially to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position.
verb (used with object)
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to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon:
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to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something:
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to penetrate sharply or painfully:
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to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in:
verb (used without object)
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to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon:
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to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon.
Origin of stabs
1325-75; (v.) Middle English (Scots) stabben late Middle English, akin to or derivative of the v.; compare Scots stob stub1