Definition of stab

• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
• v. i. - To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
• v. i. - To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
• n. - The thrust of a pointed weapon.
• n. - A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
• n. - Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.