to pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.-fig.: to injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.-to give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.-to wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.-the thrust of a pointed weapon.-a wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.-fig.: an injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.