jab
Translingual
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[edit]jab
See also
[edit]English
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Etymology
[edit]Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /d͡ʒæb/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æb
Noun
[edit]jab (plural jabs)
- 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.
- (boxing) A short straight punch.
- 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
- (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)
- Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, sometimes Philippines) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
- 2017 June 28, Michelle Roberts, “Painless flu jab patch for people scared of injections”, in BBC News[2]:
- A 'painless' sticking plaster flu jab that delivers vaccine into the skin has passed important safety tests in the first trial in people.
- (US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]quick stab
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(boxing) a short straight punch
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medical injection
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a verbal annoyance
Verb
[edit]jab (third-person singular simple present jabs, present participle jabbing, simple past and past participle jabbed)
- To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
- Synonyms: job, stick; see also Thesaurus:stab
- To deliver a quick punch.
- (slang, UK) To give someone an injection.
- (slang) To vaccinate or inoculate someone.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to poke or thrust abruptly
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to deliver a quick punch
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(slang) to give someone an injection
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “jab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Irish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]jab m (genitive singular jab, nominative plural jabanna)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- jabaire m (“(cattle-)jobber”)
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “jab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]jab m (invariable)
- jab (boxing punch)
Marshallese
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]jab
Adverb
[edit]jab
- not ... the
Noun
[edit]jab
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]jab m (plural jabs)
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