jab (dʒæb
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: jabs, jabbing, jabbed
- to poke or thrust sharply
- to strike with a quick short blow or blows
noun
- a sharp poke or stab
- a quick short blow, esp (in boxing) a straight punch with the leading hand
- informal an injection ⇒
polio jabs
Alternative Forms
ˈjabbing adjective ˈjabbingly adverbWord Origin
C19: originally Scottish variant of jobTranslations
- British English:
jab
A jab is an injection to prevent illness....painful anti malaria jabs.dʒæb NOUN ...painful anti malaria jabs.
- Spanish:
pinchazo
nm
- French:
piqûre
nm
- German:
Stoß
nm Stöße
- Chinese: 刺戳 n
- Arabic: وَخْزَةٌ n
- Portuguese: soco nm
- Russian: толчок nm
- Croatian: injekcija nf
- Czech: náhlá rána nf
- Danish: støde v
- Dutch: por nm
- Finnish: pisto n
- Greek: τσίμπημα nnt
- Italian: vaccinazione nf
- Japanese: 突き n
- Korean: 재빠른 일격 n
- Norwegian: stikk nnt
- Polish: szturchnięcie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: injeção nf
- European Spanish:
pinchazo
nm
- Swedish: spruta nutr
- Thai: การแย็บ n
- Turkish: aşı n
- Vietnamese: cú thọc mạnh n
Usage examples
`Please don't," she said to Blanche, forestalling a second jab.
, Death of a Nymph (1986)In that case, they asked, could I get them each a smallpox jab ?
British Medical Journal (2002)Now, many workers are finding that hard punch may be followed by a sharp jab.
Globe and Mail (2003)Her last trip to see him was on May 29, 1997. He gave her a fatal jab.
Sun, News of the World (2000)The ` jab " is an injection of progestogen that works in much the same way as the progestogen-only Pill.
, Vasectomy and Sterilization (1989)