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- Dictionaryjab/dʒab/
verb
- 1. poke roughly or quickly, especially with something sharp or pointed: "she jabbed him in his ribs" Similar
- 2. inject (someone) with a vaccine; vaccinate: British "the task involves complex logistics before Brits can roll up their sleeves and get jabbed" Similar
noun
- 1. a quick, sharp blow, especially with the fist: "a jab in the stomach" Similar
- 2. a hypodermic injection, especially a vaccination: British "the first people to be vaccinated were given the jab yesterday" Similar
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JAB definition: 1. to push or hit something forcefully and quickly, often with a thin or sharp object: 2. to use a…. Learn more.
The meaning of JAB is to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object. How to use jab in a sentence.
to give (a person) a hypodermic injection, especially of a vaccine: I jab myself with insulin twice a day.
to push or hit something forcefully and quickly, often with a thin or sharp object: The doctor jabbed the needle into the dog's leg. Watch out! You almost jabbed me in the eye with your umbrella! He was jabbing a finger at (= toward) them and shouting angrily. [ T ] UK informal.
When you jab someone, you poke that person. No one on the school bus wants to sit next to the kid who tends to jab people in their ribs with his sharp elbows.
1. to poke or thrust sharply. 2. to strike with a quick short blow or blows.
JAB definition: 1. to push something quickly and hard into or towards another thing: 2. a quick, hard push into or…. Learn more.
jab. [transitive, intransitive] to push a pointed object into somebody/something, or in the direction of somebody/something, with a sudden strong movement synonym prod. jab somebody/something (in something) (with something) She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.
a sudden strong hit with something pointed or with a fist (= a tightly closed hand) She gave him a jab in the stomach with her elbow. a boxer’s left jab. Scott gave him a sharp left jab to the ribs. As a response he got a sharp jab in the stomach with a rifle. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Definitions on the go.
Define jab. jab synonyms, jab pronunciation, jab translation, English dictionary definition of jab. v. jabbed , jab·bing , jabs v. tr. 1. To poke or thrust abruptly: jabbed a knife into the log. 2. To stab or pierce: jabbed the steak with a fork. 3.
