give it a stab

: to make a present of

: to grant or bestow by formal action

: to accord or yield to another

: capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain : flexibility

: the ability of a material to bend or stretch

: a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon

: a thrust of a pointed weapon

: a jerky thrust

: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon

: thrust, drive

: to thrust or give a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon