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• n  a sudden sharp feeling
  she felt a stab of excitement
• n  a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
  one strong stab to the heart killed him
• n  informal words for any attempt or effort
  he took a stab at forecasting
• v  use a knife on
• v  stab or pierce
• v  poke or thrust abruptly

• There was Simon and Garfunkelmerely the greatest folk duo of all timefollowed by a stab at acting in Annie Hall, a dive into filmmaking with One Trick Pony and a flirtation .
• I'll take a blind stab and say Roger has written more than 10,000 individual movie reviews, plus another 3,000 or so essays.
• Shall I stab him? What fun it would be to stab him through the curtain.

• pang
• twinge
• thrust
• knife thrust
• shot
• knife
• jab
• prod
• poke
• dig

News & Articles

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• New Mexico Man With Stab Wound Crashes Into Utility Pole
  A Carlsbad, New Mexico, man driving with a stab wound caused a crash on Sunday that knocked out power to parts of the city. 24-year-old Edward Olivas told authorities that he fell on his knife driving it two inches deep into his ribs.
  June 11, 2013 - News West 9 Midland
• Sheriff's department: Car accident by man with stab wound caused power outage throughout Carlsbad
  A man driving with a stab wound to his ribs crashed his vehicle and reportedly caused the power outage and decreased water supply in Carlsbad Sunday, according to the Eddy County Sheriff's Office.
  June 11, 2013 - Carlsbad Current-Argus
• Two men suffer stab wounds, police say
  VINELAND — Two men were taken to Inspira Medical Center Vineland with stab wounds about 2:45 p.m. today, according to the Vineland Police Department.
  June 10, 2013 - Daily Journal

Quotes

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• Richard Zednik in USA Today
  I was cut before on my face and I didn't feel it. This time it wasn't a cut, it was like a stab. I felt like somebody stabbed me,Zednik said Thursday at a news conference. "It wasn't the pain, it was more like 'What's going to happen?"
• Diego Maradona in ESPN
  I suffered with them (the Argentine public),Maradona said. "Every Bolivia goal was a stab in my heart."
• Gary Reed in International Herald Tribune
  It's a slap in our face,Reed said. "We've been watching this guy making millions and millions of dollars even while we've been on strike, and were going to accept a stab in the back and just walk away with a smile on our face?"