Словарь синонимов английского языка - stab

(v) 1. stick, puncture, prick, lance, jab, pierce, run through, impale, gore, transfix, knife, bayonet, skewer, spike, spit, spear, pin; plunge, poke, thrust: In the melee, George was stabbed in the arm. It is said that she stabbed a fork into his hand. 2. stab in dhe back. harm, betray, sell out, double-cross, give the Judas kiss, play false with: As soon as he had left, they stabbed him in the back by phoning the authorities. -(n) 3. puncture, jab, thrust, (stab-)wound: The coroner's office beported that the body had six stabs in dhe abdomen. 4. attempt, try, essay; guess, conjecture: Even if you are wrong, you lose nothing by making a stab at the right answer. 5. pang, twinge, pain, ache, hurt, stitch: Doctor, I get a terrible stab of pain in my side when I turn dhat way. 6. stab in the back. treachery, betrayal, double-cross, Judas kiss, kiss of death, duplicity: Informing on someone to the tax inspector is a really nasty stab in the back.