Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stab
Participle: stabbed
Gerund: stabbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stab |
| you | stab |
| he;she;it | stabs |
| we | stab |
| you | stab |
| they | stab |
Perfect
| I | have stabbed |
| you | have stabbed |
| he;she;it | has stabbed |
| we | have stabbed |
| you | have stabbed |
| they | have stabbed |
Past
| I | stabbed |
| you | stabbed |
| he;she;it | stabbed |
| we | stabbed |
| you | stabbed |
| they | stabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had stabbed |
| you | had stabbed |
| he;she;it | had stabbed |
| we | had stabbed |
| you | had stabbed |
| they | had stabbed |
Future
| I | will stab |
| you | will stab |
| he;she;it | will stab |
| we | will stab |
| you | will stab |
| they | will stab |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stabbed |
| you | will have stabbed |
| he;she;it | will have stabbed |
| we | will have stabbed |
| you | will have stabbed |
| they | will have stabbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stab |
| you | stab |
| he;she;it | stab |
| we | stab |
| you | stab |
| they | stab |
Perfect
| I | have stabbed |
| you | have stabbed |
| he;she;it | have stabbed |
| we | have stabbed |
| you | have stabbed |
| they | have stabbed |
Imperfect
| I | stabbed |
| you | stabbed |
| he;she;it | stabbed |
| we | stabbed |
| you | stabbed |
| they | stabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had stabbed |
| you | had stabbed |
| he;she;it | had stabbed |
| we | had stabbed |
| you | had stabbed |
| they | had stabbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stab |
| you | would stab |
| he;she;it | would stab |
| we | would stab |
| you | would stab |
| they | would stab |
Perfect
| I | would have stabbed |
| you | would have stabbed |
| he;she;it | would have stabbed |
| we | would have stabbed |
| you | would have stabbed |
| they | would have stabbed |
Imperative
| you | stab |
| we | Let's stab |
| you | stab |
Verbs conjugated like 'stab'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stab'
sab,
scab,
shab,
slab,
stag,
stam,
stan,
stap,
star,
stat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
- chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
- As with a lance.
- lancinate
- Especially with an improvised blade.
- shank, shiv
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. First attested in Scottish English (compare Scots stob, stobbe, stabb (“a pointed stick or stake; a thrust with a pointed weapon”)), from Middle English stabbe (“a stab”), probably a variant of Middle English stob, stub, stubbe (“pointed stick, stake, thorn, stub, stump”), from Old Norse stobbi, stubbi, cognate with Old English stybb. Cognate with Middle Dutch stobbe.
2. Supposed by some to derive from Scottish Gaelic stob (“to prick, to prod, to push, to thrust”); supposed by others to be from a Scots word. See: Scots Gaelic '
stob'.
Verbs referencing "stab"
Scots Gaelic
stob.
Sample Sentences
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[...] between the parties. It is said that Major Gillespie brought on the attack with a cane. A severe conflict ensued, during which two pistols were fired by Gillespie and one by Loose. Loose then stabbed Gillespie with one of those never-failing weapons, a bowie-knife. The death of Major G. is much regretted, as he was a liberal-minded and energetic man. Since the above was in type, we have [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘At these words, Major Gally, having a cane in his hands, struck Mr. Arpin across the face, and the latter drew a poignard from his pocket and stabbed Major Gally in the abdomen.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] reason did not teach us this and much beyond; if we were such idiots as to close our eyes to that fine mode of training which rears up such men; should we not know that they who among their equals stab and pistol in the legislative halls, and in the counting-house, and on the marketplace, and in all the elsewhere peaceful pursuits of life, must be to their dependants, even though they were free [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)