Meaning of Stab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
   slang
2. Clipping of establishment.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, no-plural
3. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
4. A 50% damage boost applied when a Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move).
   slang, uncountable
5. A wound made by stabbing.
6. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
7. An attempt.
   informal
8. Criticism.
9. A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
10. A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

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Examples

“A knife was flashing in his hand, and just as he was about to take a stab at me, the smith grabbed his arm from behind.”

“I opened the man's linen robe, and there over his heart was a dagger-wound, and beneath the woman's fair breast was a like cruel stab, through which her life had ebbed away.”

““I bet you two have really big plans. And might I say, that is just fab,” he said of Lynn's dress. “I'm glad someone noticed,” she replied, seeming to take a stab at me.”

“I'll give this thankless task a stab.”

“As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.”

“a horn stab”

“If the pilots used electric pitch trim, it would only pause MCAS for 5s; to deactivate it you have to switch off the STAB TRIM CUTOUT switches.”

“[…] there were 286 overseers and 210 readers occupied in the 501 offices; 2,691 compositors were paid on the stab […]”

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