a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
"one strong stab to the heart killed him"
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).
"The bar's reputation got stabbed when a fake review claimed they served spoiled food."
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
Clipping of establishment.
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
"The intruder tried to stab him before fleeing down the alleyway."
Clipping of established.
"The editor decided to stab several redundant adjectives from the manuscript to tighten the prose."
The word stab first appeared in Scottish English, originally referring to a pointed stick or a thrust made with such a weapon. It likely developed as a variant of words for a stake or stump, tracing its roots back to Old Norse and sharing similarities with related terms in Old English and Middle Dutch.