STAB IN THE DARK

Meaning of STAB IN THE DARK in English

wild guess, random guess

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

STAB IN THE DARK — {n. phr.} A random attempt or guess at something without previous experience or knowledge of the subject. * /"You're asking …
Slang English vocab
STAB IN THE DARK — {n. phr.} A random attempt or guess at something without previous experience or knowledge of the subject. * /"You're asking …
Словарь английских идиом
STAB IN THE DARK — n. phr. A random attempt or guess at something without previous experience or knowledge of the subject. "You're asking me …
American Idioms English vocabulary
STAB — I. ˈstab, -aa(ə)b noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English stabbe 1. : a wound produced by or as if …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DARK — I. ˈdärk, ˈdȧk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STAB — (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
DARK — (a.) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some …
Английский словарь Webster
STAB — ( v. t. ) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — ( v. t. ) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — ( n. ) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — ( n. ) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — ( a. ) Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — /stab/ , v. , stabbed, stabbing , n. v.t. 1. to pierce or wound with or as if with a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DARK — /dahrk/ , adj., darker, darkest , n. , v. adj. 1. having very little or no light: a dark room. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STAB — I. ˈstab noun Etymology: Middle English stabbe Date: 15th century 1. : a wound produced by a pointed weapon 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DARK — I. ˈdärk adjective Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German tarchannen to hide Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAB — noun the thrust of a pointed weapon. 2. stab ·vi to wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. …
Webster English vocab
DARK — vt to darken to obscure. 2. dark ·adj deprived of sight; blind. 3. dark ·noun the condition of ignorance; gloom; …
Webster English vocab
STAB — [stab] n [ME stabbe] (15c) 1: a wound produced by a pointed weapon 2. a: a thrust of a pointed …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DARK — [dark] adj [ME derk, fr. OE deorc; akin to OHG tarchannen to hide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: devoid or partially …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STAB — stab BrE AmE stæb ▷ stabbed stæbd ▷ stabbing ˈstæb ɪŋ ▷ stabs stæbz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STAB — / stæb; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -bb- ) 1. [ vn ] to push a sharp, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — / dɑːk; NAmE dɑːrk/ adjective , noun ■ adjective ( dark·er , dark·est ) WITH LITTLE LIGHT 1. with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAB — I. stab 1 /stæb/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle stabbed , present participle stabbing ) 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DARK — I. dark 1 S2 W1 /dɑːk $ dɑːrk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative darker , superlative darkest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DARK — adj. & n. adj. 1 with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DARK — adj. & n. --adj. 1. with little or no light. 2 of a deep or sombre colour. 3 (of a …
Oxford English vocab
STAB — ( stabs, stabbing, stabbed) 1. If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body. Somebody …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DARK — ( darker, darkest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DARK — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dark cloud (= a black or grey cloud ) ▪ A dark cloud …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STAB — [noun] [C]He was admitted to St. Vincent's hospital with stab wounds.A stab is sometimes a sudden feeling, esp. an unpleasant …
Cambridge English vocab
DARK — [noun] [U]If you eat carrots does it really help you to see in the dark?I've always been afraid of the …
Cambridge English vocab
DARK — Synonyms and related words : Egyptian darkness, Erebus, Gothicism, Stygian, ableptical, abominable, abstruse, adiaphanous, age of ignorance, amaurotic, amoral, amorphous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — n. Function: adjective 1 deficient in light FF1C; a dark room FF1E; Synonyms: caliginous, dim, dun, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STAB — I. noun 1 with a knife ADJECTIVE ▪ quick VERB + STAB ▪ make ▪ The boy made a ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DARK — See ↑ DARK 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shot in the dark • ↑ be in the dark • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
DARK — INDEX: 1. dark and with little or no light 2. to become dark 3. darkness RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ LIGHT …
Longman Activator English vocab
STAB — n. 25B6; verb he stabbed him in the stomach : KNIFE, run through, skewer, spear, bayonet, gore, spike, stick, impale, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DARK — n. 25B6; adjective a dark night : BLACK, pitch-black, jet-black, inky; unlit, unilluminated; starless, moonless; dingy, gloomy, dusky, shadowy, shady; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAB — v. 1 stick, puncture, prick, lance, jab, pierce, run through, impale, gore, transfix, knife, bayonet, skewer, spike, spit, spear, pin; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DARK — adj. 1 unlit, unlighted, unilluminated, ill-lighted, ill-lit, sunless; black, Stygian, pitch-dark, inky, jet-black We cowered in a recess in the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DARK — adjective BAD : Soon it began to become dark and it was time to go home. GOOD : Soon it …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
STAB — 1. сущ. 1) удар (острым оружием); колотая рана 2) внезапная острая боль; приступ 3) разг. попытка to have/make a stab …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DARK — 1. прил. 1) а) темный to grow dark ≈ темнеть as dark as night ≈ темный как ночь The room …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAB — stab.ogg _I 1. stæb n 1. 1> удар ( ножом, кинжалом и т. п. ) stab in the back - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DARK — dark.ogg 1. dɑ:k n 1. темнота, тьма; ночь after dark - после наступления темноты at dark - а) в темноте; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STAB — _I 1. stæb n 1. 1> удар ( ножом, кинжалом и т. п. ) stab in the back - а) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DARK — 1. dɑ:k n 1. темнота, тьма; ночь after dark - после наступления темноты at dark - а) в темноте; б) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STAB — 1. сущ. 1) колотая рана 2) а) удар ( острым оружием ) to make a stab at — наносить удар …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DARK — 1. прил. 1) а) темный to grow dark — темнеть as dark as night — темный как ночь The room …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STAB — 1. сущ. 1) колотая рана 2) а) удар (острым оружием) to make a stab at — наносить удар кому-л. б) внезапная острая боль; приступ в) яркая …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DARK — 1. прил. 1) а) темный to grow dark — темнеть as dark as night — темный как ночь The room was kept dark. — В …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STAB — 1. _n. 1> удар (острым оружием); stab in the back а> удар в спину, предательское нападение; б> клевета 2> внезапная …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DARK — 1. _a. 1> темный; it is getting dark - становится темно, темнеет; dark closet/room - _фот. темная комната 2> смуглый; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STAB — 1. n. 1. удар (острым оружием); stab in the back а. удар в спину, предательское нападение; б. клевета 2. внезапная …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DARK — 1. a. 1. темный; it is getting dark - становится темно, темнеет; dark closet/room - фот. темная комната 2. смуглый; …
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