Thesaurus:stab

Thesaurus:stab

THESAURUS

stab

English

Verb

(transitive)

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    [WS] (dialect)

• stob (UK & US dialect)

• stog (UK dialect)

• thrust

• yerk (archaic)

Hyponyms

• bayonet

• dagger

• dirk

• gore

• knife

• kris

• lance

• pike

• poniard

Hypernyms

• harm    [WS]

• impale    [WS]

• kill    [WS]

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.