to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.
To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
To thrust in a stabbing motion.
To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
A wound made by stabbing.
An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
Criticism.
An attempt.
A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.