[stab], (Verb)

Definitions:
- thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill
(e.g: he stabbed her in the stomach)


Phrases:
- a stab in the back
- stab someone in the back

Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin

[stab], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon
(e.g: multiple stab wounds)

- an attempt to do (something)
(e.g: Meredith made a feeble stab at joining in)


Phrases:
- a stab in the back
- stab someone in the back

Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin