[stab] n [ME stabbe] (15c) 1: a wound produced by a pointed weapon
2. a: a thrust of a pointed weapon b: a jerky thrust
3: effort, try
[2]stab vb stabbed ; stab.bing vt (1530) 1: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed weapon
2: thrust, drive ~ vi: to thrust or give a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon -- stab.ber n