Jab

Quick meaning: Jab is a noun meaning A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.

Meaning

A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.

More Meanings

1. (boxing) A short straight punch.
2. (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation).
3. (British, Australia, New Zealand, sometimes Philippines) A vaccination, whether or not delivered by means of a conventional injection.
4. (US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.
5. To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
6. To deliver a quick punch.
7. (slang, UK) To give someone an injection.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• jabs
• jabbing
• jabbed

Synonyms for jab

Depending on context, synonyms include job, stick, chef, chib, ching, chive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prod, poke, poking, stab, thrust, thrusting.

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