stab

poignarder

Blesser quelqu’un en lui enfonçant un objet pointu dans le corps.

En anglais simple : To push a sharp object into someone’s body and hurt them.

• Someone stabbed him outside the station.
• She was stabbed with a knife.
• Police arrested the man who had stabbed her.

Comment l'utiliser : stab someone with something (The attacker stabbed him with a knife.); stab someone in the + body part (He was stabbed in the arm.)

Synonymes : knife, pierce

Expressions courantes : stab someone, stab with something, stab someone repeatedly, stab someone twice

donner un coup, pointer

Faire des gestes rapides et brusques vers quelque chose avec la pointe d’un objet.

En anglais simple : To make quick, rough movements toward something with the end of a pointed object.

• He stabbed at the button with his finger.
• She stabbed at the ground with a stick.
• His finger stabbed the air as he argued.

Comment l'utiliser : stab at something with something (He stabbed at the screen with one finger.)

Synonymes : jab, poke, thrust

Expressions courantes : stab at something, stab a button

tentative, essai

Essai pour faire quelque chose, souvent sans savoir si l’on réussira.

En anglais simple : An attempt to do something, often without knowing whether you can succeed.

• Let me take a stab at it.
• She had a stab at solving the puzzle.
• His first stab at a novel was surprisingly good.

Comment l'utiliser : a stab at something/doing something (I took a stab at repairing the radio.)

Synonymes : try, attempt

Expressions courantes : take a stab, stab at something, have a stab

coup de couteau

Geste consistant à enfoncer un objet pointu dans le corps de quelqu’un pour le blesser.

En anglais simple : An act of pushing a sharp object into someone to hurt them.

• The stab left a deep wound.
• He narrowly avoided a stab to the chest.
• The attacker delivered several stabs with a knife.

Synonymes : thrust

Expressions courantes : a knife stab, stab wound, stab to something

accord bref

Notes jouées ensemble, brièvement et soudainement, pour produire un effet marquant.

En anglais simple : A short, sudden group of musical notes played together for a strong effect.

• A horn stab opens the song.
• The producer added sharp synth stabs.
• Each brass stab lands just before the beat.

Expressions courantes : horn stab, brass stab, synth stab