stab
English
/stæb/
noun
Definitions
- An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
- A wound made by stabbing.
- Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
- (informal) An attempt.
- Criticism.
- (music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
- A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English stabbe (a stab), stob derived from Old Norse stobbi derived from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic stob (push, thrust, prick, prod).
Origin
Gaelic (Scots)
stob
Gloss
push, thrust, prick, prod
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antistab English
- back English
- backstab English
- backstabber English
- backstabby English
- downstab English
- rag English
- stab-rag English
- stabbable English
- stabbee English
- stabber English
- stabbest English
- stabbeth English
- stabby English
- stabproof English
- stabstitch English
- stabvest English
- stabwort English
- stabworthy English
- stabwound English
- stitch English
- vest English
- wort English
- wound English
- *stubbaz Proto-Germanic
- stybb Old English
- stabbe Middle English
- stob Middle English
- stubbe Middle English
- stobbi Old Norse
- stob Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic