shot, stab
(noun) informal words for any attempt or effort; “he gave it his best shot”; “he took a stab at forecasting”
stab, thrust, knife thrust
(noun) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; “one strong stab to the heart killed him”
pang, stab, twinge
(noun) a sudden sharp feeling; “pangs of regret”; “she felt a stab of excitement”; “twinges of conscience”
jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
(verb) poke or thrust abruptly; “he jabbed his finger into her ribs”
stab, jab
(verb) stab or pierce; “he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife”
knife, stab
(verb) use a knife on; “The victim was knifed to death”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
STAB (uncountable)
(fandom slang, Pokémon) A 50% damage boost applied when a Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move).
• ABTs, ATBs, ATSB, Bast, Bats, SATB, TBAs, TBSA, Tabs, bast, bats, tabs
stab (plural stabs)
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
A wound made by stabbing.
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
(informal) An attempt.
Criticism.
(music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
stab (third-person singular simple present stabs, present participle stabbing, simple past and past participle stabbed)
(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
(transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
(intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
(intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
(transitive, figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
(transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
(transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
• ABTs, ATBs, ATSB, Bast, Bats, SATB, TBAs, TBSA, Tabs, bast, bats, tabs
Source: Wiktionary
Stab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] Etym: [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf. Staff.]
1. 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.
2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
Stab, v. i.
1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon. None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden.
2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak. To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.
Stab, n.
1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin. Shak.
3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
