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stab

  • noun
  • stăb

An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

Other meanings

  1. A wound made by stabbing.

  2. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

Word history

From Old Norse "stobbi".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stab” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.