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stab

/stab/

US pronunciation
American sound/stab/
stab
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Myanmar meaning

(n) စူးရှသောခံစားချက်။ (ဓါး သို့မဟုတ် စူးရှသော အရာဖြင့်) ထိုးခြင်း။ ကြိုးစားကြည့်ခြင်း။ stabs (v) ဓါးဖြင့်ထိုးသည်။ ထိုးသည်။ ထိုးဖောက်သည်။ stabs, stabbed, stabbing

Full entry

stab /stæb / v (-bb-)

၁။ ဓား၊ စူးစသည်ဖြင့် ထိုးသည်။ He had been stabbed (to death). ❍ stab sb in the neck/chest/stomach ❍ He stabbed the meat with his fork/stabbed his fork into the meat.
၂။ ~ (at) sb/sth (with sth) လက်ညှိုး၊ အချောင်းအတံ စသည်ဖြင့် ထိုးသည်၊ ဆတ်ခနဲနှိပ်သည်။ လက်ညှိုးတငေါက်ငေါက် လုပ်သည်။ She stabbed angrily at the lift button. ❍ He/His finger stabbed the air furiously. ❍ NUDGE
n
၁။ [C] အချွန်ဖြင့်ထိုးခြင်း။ ထိုးသွင်းရာဒဏ်ရာ။ stab wounds ❍ He received a stab in the chest.
၂။ [C] ထိုးကျင့်သော ဝေဒနာ။ စိတ်ထိခိုက်သည့် ခံစားချက်။ a stab of pain in the chest ❍ feel a stab of guilt/pity/fear/jealousy.
၃။ [C usu sing ] ~ (at sth) (infml ) စမ်းကြည့်ခြင်း။ ရမ်းဆခြင်း။ ရမ်းတုတ်ခြင်း။
She found the test difficult but nevertheless made a good stab at it. ❍ Anyone can have a stab at designing the new logo. ❍ He made a wild stab at my name and got it completely wrong.
❏ stabbing adj ထိုးကျင့်သော။ have/feel a stabbing pain in the chest.
n ဓားထိုးမှု။ a dramatic increase in the number of stabbings in the city.
❏ stab sb in the back [IDM ] (infml ) လူယုံသတ်သည်။ နောက်ကျောဓားနှင့်ထိုးသည်။
❏ a stab in the back [IDM ] (infml ) နောက်ကျောဓားနှင့် ထိုးခြင်း။ Her refusal to support his campaign was a real stab in the back.

More examples
  • His brother was stabbed in the hand.
  • [stab someone to death] : One fan was stabbed to death in a fight between gangs.
  • She stabbed the meat with her fork.
  • ‘Here!’ she said, stabbing the book with her finger.
  • [stab at] : He stabbed at the paper with his pen.
  • His words stabbed her to the heart.
  • The new striker ran up and stabbed the ball home.
Synonyms
attempt, go, try, bash, crack, ache, bayonet, blow, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, endeavor, essay, feeling, fling, gash, gore, gouge, guess, hit, hurt, incision, injure, injury, jab, jag, knife, one's best, open up, pain, pang, penetrate, pierce, piercing, piercing cut, plow, plunge, pointed object, prick, prong, punch, puncture, ram, rent, run through, saber, sensation, shank, shot, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, transfixion, twinge, venture, whack, whirl, wound
Antonyms
aid, assist, cure, heal, help, idleness, increase, rise, unite
Cross references
attemptgotrybashcrackachebayonetblowbrandcarvechopcleaveclipcutdriveendeavoressayfeelingflinggashgoregougeguesshithurtincisioninjureinjury
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