jab

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒæb/

Noun

jab (plural jabs)

1. A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
   • 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, Chapter 9,

     He tore in for the ball, make a running jab for it and held it.

2. (boxing) A short straight punch.

   • American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.

3. (British) A medical injection.

   Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs.

4. (British) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.

   • A 'painless' sticking plaster flu jab that delivers vaccine into the skin has passed important safety tests in the first trial in people.

5. (US, figurative) A verbal annoyance.

Translations

• Russian: уда́р
• Spanish: golpe abrupto

Translations

• French: jab
• Portuguese: direto, cruzado, jab (MMA)
• Russian: джеб
• Spanish: directo

Translations

• French: piqûre, injection
• Portuguese: pica, injecção, injeção
• Russian: уко́л
• Spanish: pinchazo

Translations

• French: pique
• Spanish: pulla

Verb

jab (jabs, present participle jabbing; past and past participle jabbed)

1. To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
2. To deliver a quick punch.
3. (slang, UK) To give someone an injection

Translations

• Russian: пырну́ть
• Spanish: golpear

Translations

• French: jaber
• Russian: уда́рить

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