stab

/stæb/ noun [C]

Translation

› the act of pushing a knife into someone

bıçaklama

He had a deep stab wound in his neck.3920941954

a stab of guilt/jealousy/regret, etc › a sudden, unpleasant emotion

ani ve keskin bir duygu, bıçak saplanır gibi bir his; anî suç/kıskançlık/pişmanlık vb. duygusu

She felt a stab of guilt.2124

have a stab at sth/doing sth informal › to try to do something, or to try an activity that you have not done before

denemek, teşebbüs etmek

She had a stab at solving the problem.1860

(Definition of stab noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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