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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.

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stab

IPA(Pronunciation)

/stæb/

Noun

informal

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.

Japanese Meaning

刺す行為、刺突の行為 / 刺すことによってできた傷、刺創 / 心を傷つける言動による痛みやダメージ / （口語）試み、試作、挑戦 / 批判

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During the scuffle, he delivered a single stab to the guard's shoulder.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

揉み合いの中で、彼は護衛の肩に突き刺す一撃を加えた。

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Sense（1）

An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

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.

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Sense（2）

A wound made by stabbing.

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.

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Sense（3）

Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

“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.

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