Thesaurus:stab

Thesaurus

stab

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon

Synonyms

• chef (MLE)
• chib (UK dialect)
• ching (MLE)
• chive (obsolete, thieves' cant)
• enthrill
• foin (archaic)
• gore (obsolete)
• gride (obsolete)
• jab
• job
• juke (prison slang)
• kebab (slang)
• knifecrime (UK, humorous)
• lancinate
• pigstick
• pink
• poach (obsolete)
• run through (idiomatic)
• shank (slang)
• shiv (slang)
• spear
• speet (obsolete)
• splash (MLE)
• stab
• stick    [⇒ thesaurus] (dialect)
• stob (UK & US dialect)
• stog (UK dialect)
• thrust
• yerk (archaic)

Hyponyms

• bayonet
• blade
• dagger
• dirk
• gore
• knife
• kris
• lance
• pike
• poniard

Hypernyms

• attack    [⇒ thesaurus]
• harm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• impale    [⇒ thesaurus]
• kill    [⇒ thesaurus]

Coordinate terms

• cut    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “361. killing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “260. opening” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “stab” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.