stab

made a stab at the answer.

she felt a stab of jealousy.

have a stab at he job

she had a deep stab in the back.

impatient stabs of his finger.

made a blind stab at answering the question.

Meredith made a feeble stab at joining in.

it was the work of a moment to discover the tiny stab wound.

I found a stab wound on his leg.

I had a stab at fishing once but I found it boring.

Can I stab at the meat with my knife to see if it is well cooked.

She tried to thrust back the little stabs of home-sickness.

He made a rough stab at working out the expenses and found out it was costing us40centavos to print one20 - centavo bill.