Any attempt to forestall an unfavorable event.
The business of providing insurance.
A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.
The car was totalled, but fortunately I had insurance.
A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
An insurance policy
An attempt.
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.
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.
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).