stab

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: stăb, IPA(key): /stæb/ Hyphenation: stab Rhymes: -æb === Etymology 1 === First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or stake; a thrust with a pointed weapon”)), from Middle English stabbe (“a stab”), probably a variant of Middle English stob, stub, stubbe (“pointed stick, stake, thorn, stub, stump”), from Old Norse stobbi, stubbi, cognate with Old English stybb. Cognate with Middle Dutch stobbe. Supposed by some to derive from Scottish Gaelic stob (“to prick, to prod, to push, to thrust”); supposed by others to be from a Scots word. ==== Noun ==== 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 horn stab A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== 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 (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. Synonyms: foin, jab, shiv; see also Thesaurus:stab (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion. (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually 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. Synonyms: besmirch, denigrate; see also Thesaurus:defame (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. (transitive, oil industry) To guide the end of a pipe into a coupling when making up a connection. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “stab”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “stab”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of stabilizer or stabiliser. ==== Noun ==== stab (plural stabs) (aviation, slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== stab (not comparable) (industrial relations) Clipping of established. ==== Noun ==== stab (plural not attested) (industrial relations) Clipping of establishment. === Anagrams === ABTs, ATBs, ATSB, BTAS, Bast, Bats, SATB, TBAs, TBSA, Tabs, bast, bats, tabs == Danish == === Etymology === From German Stab. === Noun === stab c (singular definite staben, plural indefinite stabe) staff ==== Inflection ==== == Lushootseed == === Alternative forms === stab̓ === Etymology === From s- +‎ tab(a), from Proto-Salish *s-tam ("what?"; "something"), from *s- +‎ *tam (“thing; what”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɑb/ === Determiner === stab (interrogative) what thing?, by what means? === Noun === stab thing (plural: stab) == Swedish == === Etymology === From German Stab. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɑːb/ === Noun === stab c a staff a stick ==== Declension ==== === References === === Anagrams === bast