STAB or stab or stabs may refer to: *

Stabbing A stabbing is penetrating trauma, penetration or rough contact with a sharp or pointed object at close range. ''Stab'' connotes purposeful action, as by an Assassination, assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself ...

, penetration or contact with a sharp object

Places

Stab, Kentucky Stab is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. Description A post office called Stab was established in 1922, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1994. The name Stab was chosen in part for ...

, US * St. Anne's-Belfield School, a college preparatory school in Charlottesville, Virginia, US

People and characters

Staff captain Staff captain is the English translation of a number of military ranks: Historical use of the rank Czechoslovakia In the Czechoslovak Army, until 1953, staff captain (, ) was a senior captain rank, ranking between captain and major. Estonia T ...

(stab captain) ** Stabs-captain () of Russia ** Stabs-kapitan () of Prussia

Persons

* Johann Stab, Johannes Stabius (1450–1522), Austrian cartographer * Seven Stabs, member of the band ''The Redneck Manifesto''

Fictional characters

* Mr. Stabs, a fictional character from ''Ace of Wands''

Arts, entertainment, media

* Stab (b-boy move), a breakdance technique *

Stab (music) In music, a stab is a single staccato note or chord that adds dramatic punctuation to a composition. Stabs may be provided by horns (real or synthesized)—a horn stab—or an orchestral sample—an orchestra hit—and usually occur on a 1-beat. ...

, an element in musical composition *"Stab", a song by Built to Spill from ''

There's Nothing Wrong with Love ''There's Nothing Wrong with Love'' is the second studio album released by American indie rock band Built to Spill. ''There's Nothing Wrong with Love'' was recorded in May and June 1994, and released September 13, 1994, on the Up Records Up R ...

'' *''Stab'', the film-within-a-film from the ''Scream'' franchise

Transportation, vehicular

Stab jacket STAB or stab or stabs may refer to: *Stabbing, penetration or contact with a sharp object Places *Stab, Kentucky, US * St. Anne's-Belfield School, a college preparatory school in Charlottesville, Virginia, US People and characters * Staff capta ...

or buoyancy compensator, a piece of diving equipment *

Stab (Luftwaffe designation) The German language term ''Stab'' (literal translation: "General staff, staff") was used during World War II to designate a headquarters unit of the Nazi Germany, German ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). There were ''Stab'' units at the level of a ''G ...

, during World War II, a German designation for command aircraft or headquarters units *

Stabilizer (aircraft) An aircraft stabilizer is an aerodynamic surface, typically including one or more movable control surfaces, that provides longitudinal (pitch) and/or directional (yaw) stability and control. A stabilizer can feature a fixed or adjustable stru ...

Strike Assault Boat The Strike Assault Boat (STAB) (also known as the SEAL Team Assault Boat), was a fast and heavily armed riverine assault boat developed by the United States Navy for use in the Vietnam War in 1970. The mission of the STAB was nighttime Waterbor ...

Other uses

Sodium triacetoxyborohydride Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, also known as sodium triacetoxyhydroborate, commonly abbreviated STAB, is a chemical compound with the formula . Like other borohydrides, it is used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis. This colourless salt is pr ...

, a reducing agent used in organic synthesis *

Symbol table In computer science, a symbol table is a data structure used by a language translator such as a compiler or interpreter, where each identifier, symbol, constant, procedure and function in a program's source code is associated with information ...

, a data structure used by a language translator *

stabs stabs (sometimes written STABS) is a debugging data format for storing information about computer programs for use by symbolic and source-level debuggers. The information is stored in symbol table strings ("stabs"). History Cygnus Support attr ...

(STABS), a debugging data format * Operation Stab, a July 1942 WWII British military operation against the Japanese