STAB or stab may refer to: *

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

, penetration or contact with a sharp object *

Stab, Kentucky Stab is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky, Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. Description A post office called Stab was established in 1922, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in ...

, US *

Stab (b-boy move) The stab is a breakdance technique necessary to perform many downrock and power moves. It is not a distinct move, but is incorporated into many breakdance moves including the turtle, cricket, jackhammer, crab-walk, hand glide, some versions of th ...

, a breakdance technique * Stab (music), an element in musical composition * Stab (Luftwaffe designation), during World War II, a German designation for command aircraft or headquarters units * Johann Stab, Johannes Stabius (1450–1522), Austrian cartographer *''Stab'', the film-within-a-film from the ''Scream'' franchise *"Stab", a song by Built to Spill from '' There's Nothing Wrong with Love''

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* Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, a reducing agent used in organic synthesis *

St. Anne's-Belfield School St. Anne's-Belfield School is a co-educational, independent boarding and day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The school is located on in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, near the campus of the University of Virginia. History The ...

, a college preparatory school in Charlottesville, Virginia, US *Same-type attack bonus, a scoring element in the gameplay of ''Pokémon'' video games * Symbol table, a data structure used by a language translator *

Stab jacket A buoyancy compensator (BC), also called a buoyancy control device (BCD), stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket (ABLJ), depending on design, is a type of diving equipment which is worn by divers to establis ...

or buoyancy compensator, a piece of diving equipment *

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 struct ...

* Strike Assault Boat

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