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stab

English

  1. 🔊 a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
    “one strong stab to the heart killed him”
  2. 🔊 informal words for any attempt or effort
    “he gave it his best shot”
  3. 🔊 a sudden sharp feeling
    “pangs of regret”
  4. 🔊 stab or pierce
    “he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife”
  5. 🔊 use a knife on
    “The victim was knifed to death”
  6. 🔊 poke or thrust abruptly
    “he jabbed his finger into her ribs”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cuchillada stab
  2. 🔊 hurgón stab
  3. 🔊 rajar to stab

Similar words

shot thrust knife thrust pang twinge jab prod poke dig jab knife judas kiss abrade abrasion ache acute pain afflict aggrieve agonize ail anguish approach assay attempt