"Stab" means to pierce or thrust with a pointed object, such as a knife or a sharp tool, causing injury or penetration into something or someone's body. Full definition
Doug Cornelius took at stab at framing a law firm social media policy in a post he wrote last November. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
I have taken stabs at making a decent small painting from time to time, but my natural inclination and disposition since I was a boy was to paint larger than life, to feel my brush strokes travel and explore the arc and extent of my reach. (artdealmagazine.blogspot.com.es)
Dial back the pace and instead of stabbing in oversteer corrections you find yourself struggling to just steer a smooth arc around any given corner — turning each instead into a giant 50 pence piece. (evo.co.uk)