stabbed; stabbing
1
: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon
: to thrust or give a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon
stabber
noun
Examples of stab in a Sentence
Noun
the injection left a small stab on her upper arm
everybody will get a stab at solving the problem
Verb
He stabbed her with a dagger.
The victim was stabbed in the chest five times.
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Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
In January 2011, first-grade teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead with 20 stab wounds in the kitchen of her Philadelphia apartment.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
One of the victims had been stabbed several times in the head and was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Despite suffering 20 stab wounds, Greenberg’s death was ruled a suicide by authorities.
—Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
In January 2011, first-grade teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead with 20 stab wounds in the kitchen of her Philadelphia apartment.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
The emergency services Loeb was hearing were headed to the nearby Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where an assailant rammed a car into people before stabbing several members of the community, killing two.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
One of the victims had been stabbed several times in the head and was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Stab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stab. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
stab
1 of 2 noun1
: a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon
2
: a thrust of a pointed weapon
3
: effort sense 2, try
I'll take a stab at it
stab
2 of 2 verb
stabbed; stabbing
1
: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon
stabber
noun
Medical Definition
stab
1 of 2 noun1
: a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon
2
a
: a culture medium solidified in an upright column in a tube to reduce the surface to a minimum compare slant
b
stab
2 of 2 transitive verb
stabbed; stabbing
: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon
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