To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.
To thrust in a stabbing motion.
to stab a dagger into a person
To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes.
To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.
To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
to stab a person's reputation
To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
An incident in which a person is stabbed.
A stabbing took place in the alley last night.
(of pain) Sharp, intense.
Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.