backstab

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbækˌstæb/

Verb

backstab (third-person singular simple present backstabs, present participle backstabbing, simple past and past participle backstabbed)

(transitive) To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.
Synonym: stab in the back

Derived terms

Translations

to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 背叛 (zh) (bèipàn)
Finnish: puukottaa selkään
German: hintergehen (de)
Italian: colpire alle spalle
Japanese: 裏切る (ja) (うらぎる, uragiru)
Russian: напада́ть исподтишка́ impf (napadátʹ ispodtišká), напа́сть исподтишка́ pf (napástʹ ispodtišká), ударя́ть в спи́ну impf (udarjátʹ v spínu), уда́рить в спи́ну pf (udáritʹ v spínu)
Swedish: ge någon en dolkstöt c, ge någon ett svinhugg n, hugga i ryggen

Noun

backstab (plural backstabs)

An act of backstabbing.
Synonym: stab in the back
- 2016, Mauro Paulino, Forensic Psychology of Spousal Violence, London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 160:
  After this conversation I was shocked; he asked me to leave the car so he would stay with her alone. Everything fell on me, I felt my body heavy and my heart beating very fast. It was such a backstab that it still hurts today.

Anagrams

backtabs

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