To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the
thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also,
to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.

Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
slander; as, to stab a person’s reputation.

To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to
thrust with a pointed weapon.

To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

The thrust of a pointed weapon.

A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab
an assassin.

Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab
given to character.