jab
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forHyam . Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form ofEnglish job ( “ peck, poke, thrust ” ) , fromMiddle English jobben
jab (plural jabs
A quick stab or blow; apoking orthrusting motion. ( boxing ) 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, inBBC Sport [1] American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharpjabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.
( British ) hypodermic injection (vaccination orinoculation )Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get ourjabs .
( British , Australia , New Zealand , sometimes Philippines ) vaccination , whether or not delivered via conventional injection.2017 June 28, Michelle Roberts, “Painless flu jab patch for people scared of injections”, inBBC News [2] A 'painless' sticking plaster flujab that delivers vaccine into the skin has passed important safety tests in the first trial in people.
( US , figurative ) quick stab
Bulgarian:рязък удар m ( rjazǎk udar ) Dutch:prik (nl) m Estonian:piste (et) ,torge Finnish:pisto (fi) ,sohaisu tökkäys Georgian:დარტყმა ( darṭq̇ma ) ,ჩარტყმა ( čarṭq̇ma ) ,წიხლი (ka) ( c̣ixli ) ,პანღური ( ṗanɣuri ) Irish:sáiteán m sonc m Norwegian:stikk (no) Russian:уда́р (ru) m ( udár ) ,толчо́к (ru) m ( tolčók ) ( push ) ,пино́к (ru) m ( pinók ) ( kick ) ,джеб (ru) m ( džeb ) ( boxing ) Serbo-Croatian:ubod (sh) m Spanish:golpe abrupto m
(boxing) a short straight punch
jab (third-person singular simple present jabs present participle jabbing simple past and past participle jabbed
To poke orthrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.Synonyms: job stick see also Thesaurus:stab Todeliver a quick punch. ( slang , UK ) injection .( slang ) vaccinate orinoculate someone.Tomake fun of, tomock 2007 Beyond Practical Virtue: A Defense of Liberal Democracy Through Literature [3] →ISBN While the book's lasting appeal is remarkable, the work is worth little scholarly attention insofar as Twain is merelyjabbing at a long-dead set of social practices.
to poke or thrust abruptly
Bulgarian:мушкам (bg) ( muškam ) ,ръгам (bg) ( rǎgam ) ,пробождам (bg) ( proboždam ) Dutch:steken (nl) Estonian:torkima Finnish:tökätä (fi) ,tökkäistä survaista German:zustoßen (de) Irish:prioc tabhair sonc do tabhairpriocadh do ,sáigh ( with a finger, tool, etc. ) ,dírigh ( with a finger, tool, etc. ) Ottoman Turkish:دورتمك ( dürtmek ) Polish:bóść (pl) impf bodnąć pf Russian:пырну́ть (ru) pf ( pyrnútʹ ) ( with a knife ) ,пихну́ть (ru) pf ( pixnútʹ ) ,ткнуть (ru) ( tknutʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:probosti (sh) Spanish:golpear (es) ,puyar (es)
(slang) to give someone an injection
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Borrowed fromEnglish job
jab m genitive singular jab nominative plural jabanna
job ,piece of work post ,employment Borrowed fromEnglish jab
jab m invariable
jab jab
full of,fully jab
not ... thejab
direction jab m plural jabs
( boxing ) jab 
