jab

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English

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Etymology

Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒæb/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æb

Noun

jab (plural jabs)

  1. A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
  2. (boxing) A short straight punch.
    • 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport‎:
      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 hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)
    Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs.
  4. (British, Australia, New Zealand) 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:
      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 mild verbal insult.

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Verb

jab (third-person singular simple present jabs, present participle jabbing, simple 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.
  4. (slang) To vaccinate or inoculate someone.

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English job.

Noun

jab m (genitive singular jab, nominative plural jabanna)

  1. job, piece of work
  2. post, employment

Declension

Declension of jab

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative jab jabanna
Vocative a jab a jabanna
Genitive jab jabanna
Dative jab jabanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an jab na jabanna
Genitive an jab na jabanna
Dative leis an jab

don jab

leis na jabanna

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jab.

Noun

jab m (invariable)

  1. jab (boxing punch)

Marshallese

Pronunciation

Adjective

jab

  1. full of, fully

Adverb

jab

  1. not ... the

Noun

jab

  1. direction

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Spanish

Noun

jab m (plural jabs)

  1. (boxing) jab
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