Jab

Definition: Jab

Jab

Noun

1. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist".

2. A quick short straight punch.

3. The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs".

Verb

1. Poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs".

2. Strike quickly.

3. Stab or pierce.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jab" was first used: 1825. (references)

Synonyms: Jab

Impulse

Verb: give an impetus; Noun: impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug.

Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe.

Crosswords: Jab

It was a right hookwith a bit of a jab. (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls)

One way is to jab a pen right above it's eye. (Live and Let Die; writing credit: Tom Mankiewicz)

Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Jab (Phoenix Poets) (reference)

• Jab zaminon se shajar ugte hain (reference)

• ÓZabót jab ököhatm huvåa : shåa�iråi (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Jab : Journal Of Artists Books (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Method - Jab Kick & Burn (reference)

• The Method - Jab, Kick & Burn (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Jab (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Stanley 20-556 FatMax Jab Saw (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "jab": jab in the arm ♦ jab into ♦ jab out ♦ jab smb.. Additional references.

Albanian

jap një goditje të shkurtër, shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), shpoj (bore, broach, drill, drive, flesh, hole, impale, perforate, Pierce, pink, poke, prick, prickle, punch, puncture, run through, Spike, spit, stab, stick, sting), shpim (boring, drilling, perforation, poke, prick, pricking, puncture, sinking, tingle), ngul (bite into, dig, drive, drive in, fix, nail, pin down, plant, plunge, post, press in, put, sink, spit, stick, thrust, wrap up), goditje e shkurtër, goditje e mprehtë, goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لكمة (belt, chap, knocking, punch, sock, swing, swipe, uppercut, wallop), ‏لطم (slap, slapping), ‏قرص (bite, nip, nip out, nipping, pill, pinch, sting, tweak), ‏وخز (jabbing, pang, prickle, sting, thrusting, tickling, twinge), ‏حقن (grout, inject, injection, shoot, squirt, staunch), ‏طعن وخز (stabbing, transfixion), ‏طعن حقنة, ‏طعن (aspersion, impale, jag, knife, libel, pike, put a knife into smb., put off, recourse, remedy, slander, stab, strike, thrust, thrusting, transfix), ‏ضربة بالكوع. (various references)

Bulgarian 

удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), ръгване, ръгам (poke, prod, stick, thrust), внезапен удар (plump), ваксинация (inoculation, vaccination), намушквам, набучвам (stick up), мушкам (dig, dub, job, jog, peg at, poke, pop, pop in, prod, prong, stick), мушване (dive, poke, prod), забивам (drive in, embed, fix, grind into, hammer, knock home, nail, plant, plunge, ram, sink, smash, stick, thrust, thrust in), промушване, пробождане, пробождам (impale, prong, puncture, run through, skewer, stick, thrust through, transfix), инжекция (hypo, shot), избождам (put out). (various references)

Czech

rýpnout, píchnutí (puncture, stab, sting), píchnout (puncture), injekce (injection, shot), bodnutí (prick, stab, sting, stitch, thrust). (various references)

Farsi 

سیخ زدن 1, سک زدن 1, سوراخ کردن 2, ضربت با مشت , ضربت با چیز تیز, خنجر زدن , خرد کردن . (various references)

French

piquer, piqûre (jabbing, jag), lancer un coup direct, faire une piqûre, envoyer un coup droit, enfoncer (jag, jam), coup droit, coup direct, coup de pointe, coup de coude, coup (jabbing). (various references)

German

stechen (be prickly, beat down, bite, check out, clock in, clock on, cut, engrave, kill, pang, pick, Pierce, prick, prickle, puncture, ring in, run off, spear, stab, stick, sting, take, take the trick, twinge), stoß (barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, blow, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, jog, joint, jolt, kick, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, prod, punch, push, put, rush, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, stroke, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley), stich (bite, engraving, grasp, hint, lurch, pang, piercing pain, prick, puncture, spades, stab, stab wound, sting, stitch, suggestion, taint, thrust, tinge, trick, twinge), spritze (hypodermic, injection, shot, spray, syringe). (various references)

Greek 

κεντώ (embroider, filigree, goad, nettle, nip, pick, pique, poke, prick, prickle, prod, puncture, spur, stick, twinge, velicate), ένεση (injection, shot), σούβλισμα (roasting on a spit, twinge), εμπήγω (impact, infix, pitch, ram, tamp, thrust), απότομο χτύπημα. (various references)

Hebrew 

לתקוע (poke, stick, toot), לתחוב (insert, poke, ram, thrust, tuck), תקיע�" (insertion, pitch, sticking in), תחיב�" (insertion, jabbing, sticking in, thrust), �"קיר�" (biting, insinuation, prick, stab, stabbing, sting, twinge). (various references)

Hungarian

döfés (butt, butting, dig, poke, prod, push, stab, stuck, thrust). (various references)

Indonesian

tusukan (prick, puncture), bacok. (various references)

Italian

stilettatura, stilettata, stilettare, pugnalare (knife, stab), iniezione (injection, shot), conficcare (drive, hammer, impact, plant, poke, put, stick, thrust), colpo; secco; puntura, colpo (bang, beat, blow, bout, buffet, bump, chop, clap, clout, dab, dash, fit, flap, flick, hit, hitch, hoot, knock, pelt, punch, punishment, putt, rap, shock, shot, slam, slap, sock, splash, stamp, sting, strike, stroke, thump, thwack, whack), colpire (affect, bang, beat, buffet, bump, catch, clout, damage, dazzle, hit, knock, Lam, pelt, poke, pound, punch, rap, run across, shock, shoot, slap, smite, sock, spear, strike, strike down, swat, swipe, thwack), colpetto (flick, nudge, Pat, tap). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ジャスミン茶 (jack, jackal, jack-knife, jackpot, JAL PAK, jam, jam bun, jam session, Jamaica, jammer, jamming, Jap, Japan, Japan bashing, Japan Cup, Japan Foundation, Japan shift, Japan Society, Japan Times, Japanese, Japanese English, Japanese management, Japanese smile, Japanesque, Japanologist, Japanology, Japonaiserie, Japonica, jasmine tea, JASRAC, javelin, jazz, jazz band, jazz chorus, jazz dance, jazz festival, jazz life, jazz piano, jazz singer, jazz song, jazzmen, judge, judge paper, judgement, juggle, junction, junk, junk accessories, junk art, junk bond, junk food, junkie). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ジャブ . (various references)

Manx

broddey (goad, nudge with nose, poke, prick, prickle, probe, rouse, stir up), brod (goad, nudge, prick, spur, stimulus). (various references)

Norwegian

stikke (pick, stab, sting), stikk (hitch). (various references)

Pig Latin

abjay

Portuguese

soco (blow, bop, fib, lunge, paste, patten, punch, sabot, sock, socle, stroke, supporting base, thump, wallop), punhalada (stab), picar (bite, chop, goad, hack, hag, hash, mince, pick, pique, point, prick, prickle, punch, spall, stab, stick, sting, swot, tingle), murro (bop, floorer, punch, sock, thump), golpe seco, golpe (bat, biff, blast, blow, bop, coup, dint, drive, floorer, hit, knock, mouthful, putsch, scotch, smasher, sockdolager, stroke, swat, tit), furar (bore, boring, broach, drill, fall through, hole, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, spit, stab, tap, thrust), ferir com uma estocada, estocada de baioneta, espetadela, empurrão (cant, jerk, jostle, poke, push, shove, thrust, yank), dar um determinado golpe, bater (bang, bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, biff, bob, bop, brandish, chastise, churn, clap, club, curl, curry, deckle, dodder, fling, flog, forge, form, froth, hit, hunt, knead, knock, lam, lap, lick, plash, pulsate, pulse, ram, scutch, slap, slog, sound, splash, stir, strike, swing, thrash, thresh, type, wave, whack, whip, whirl, whisk, worst), atravessar (cross, divide, divvy, fish, go through, intersect, overpass, pass, pass over, penetrate, perambulate, permeate, pervade, pierce, roam, spit, survive, thrust, transfix, travel, traverse, trespass), apunhalar (dirk, poniard, stab, stick). (various references)

Romanian

vârî în (mix up in), vârî (Bob, creep, crib, dab, dig, dip, drive, duck, engraft in, immerse, impress, introduce, involve, Lodge, pick, poke, pull up, put in, stab, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), loviturã bruscã, loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jolt, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), bãga în, bãga (Bob, drive, immerse, impress, insert, interject, introduce, intrude, invest, involve, land, Lodge, put in, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), împunsãturã (butt, cant, dig, jeer, jest, pang, prick, prod, stick, stitch, tack, thrust), împunge (butt, pink, pique, prick, prod, sting, stitch, thrust), împinge (crowd, drive, go to extremes, goad, induce, joggle, jostle, move, poke, press, punt, push, push away, run to an extreme, shove, spurn, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

укол (injection, prick, puncture, rapier thrust, sting), ударять (bang, beat, biff, crump, dub, jounce, knock, rap, slugged, slugging, strike, thump, whang), удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), тыкать (dab, dub, prod), толчок (cant, dash, fillip, hitch, hitter, impetus, impulse, jog, jolt, lunge, momentum, poke, push, shake, shock, stroke, thrust, toss), толкать (give a push, jog, jostle, jostled, push, shoulder, shove, thrust), колоть (break, chop, prod, thrust), вонзать (plunge), пихать (jostle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadati kratak direkt, udariti šiljastim predmetom, udarac šiljastim predmetom, ubod (lunge, prick, stab, sting, thrust), probosti (lance, run through, stab, transfix, transpierce), kratak direkt. (various references)

Spanish

pinchazo (blowout, fix, flat, flat tire, poke, prick, stab, tap). (various references)

Swedish

sticka (clear off, clear out, dig, hook it, knit, knitting needle, knitting-needle, Lam, light out, match, pick, prick, prickle, prod, scoot, scram, spill, splinter, split, stab, stick, sting, take french leave, thrust, tingle, twinge, vamoose, welsh), stöta (barge, bruise, bump, butt, dig, hurt, hurtle, hustle, impact, impinge, knock, offend, outrage, pestle, pound, push, put, shove, stab, strike, thrust), stöt (blast, bump, concussion, dig, hit, impact, impingement, impulse, jar, jerk, job, jog, jolt, jostle, knock, pass, percussion, prod, push, shock, shove, thrust, thump). (various references)

Thai

แทง (gore, lancinate, lunge, stab, stick), การแทง (lunge, stab), การต่อยอย่างรว�"เร็ว, ต่อยอย่างรว�"เร็ว. (various references)

Turkish

yumruk (biff, blow, box, buffet, fist, plug, punch, thump), saplamak (dig into, drive, Lodge, pink, plunge, run through, stab, stick, stick into, strike in, strike inwards, thrust), saplama (stab, stabbing, sticking into, stud, thrust), iğne (brooch, injection, needle, pin, pintle, pointer, prick, shot, spicule, spine, sting, stinger), dürtmek (dig, edge on, ginger, ginger up, goad, hustle, incite, jog, jolt, nudge, poke, prod, shove, spur, spur smb. on, thrust), dürtme (dig, goading, jog, poke, prod, shove), batırmak (bankrupt, break, bring to ruin, dip, immerse, plunge, prickle, ruin, sink, stick, submerge, swamp), batırma (immersion, ruin, sinking, submersion), aşı (graft, inoculation, poison, shot, vaccinal, vaccination, vaccine). (various references)

Turkmen 

зommaltmak (poke, protrude). (various references)

Ukrainian

штрикати, штовхати (hustle, jerk, jog, joggle, jostle, poach, poke, propel, push, shove, thrust), штовхан (cant, dig, jolt, yerk). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nhát đâm mạnh, cái thọc mạnh nhát đâm bất thình lình. (various references)

fodio. (various references)

jobben. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "jab": jabbed, jabber, jabbered, jabberer, jabberers, jabbering, jabbers, jabberwockies, jabberwocky, jabbing, jabiru, jabirus, jaborandi, jaborandis, jabot, jaboticaba, jaboticabas, jabots, jabs. (additional references)

Words containing "jab": bejabers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Jab" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ajab, ajh, ajob, eab, Iab, Ijebu, ja, jaa, jaba, Jabavu, Jabba, jabe, jabi, jabo, jabt, jabu, jaby, jac, jad, jae, jaf, jao, jaq, jarb, jat, jau, jaub, jav, jax, jb, jba, jcb, jeab, jeb, jeba, jebr, jeeb, jef, jerb, jev, jhb, jibu, jiby, jim, jiq, Jka, Joab, jobb, jobi, jobu, joby, jorb, jpa, jsb, juab, Juby, kab, Mabb, Njcbi, tjab, vab, yab, zab. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ab, ba.

+1 letter: jabs, jamb, juba.

+2 letters: banjo, jabot, jambe, jambs, jubas.

+3 letters: abject, abjure, banjax, banjos, jabbed, jabber, jabiru, jabots, jambed, jambes, jerboa, jojoba, jubbah, jubhah, jumbal.

+4 letters: abjured, abjurer, abjures, banjoes, basenji, bluejay, jabbers, jabbing, jabirus, jacobin, jacobus, jambeau, jambing, jawbone, jaybird, jellaba, jerboas, jetbead, jigaboo, jobname, jojobas, jubbahs, jubhahs, jumbals, sjambok.

+5 letters: abjectly, abjurers, abjuring, banjaxed, banjaxes, banjoist, basenjis, bejabers, benjamin, bijugate, bluejack, bluejays, bootjack, djellaba, doorjamb, enjambed, frabjous, jabbered, jabberer, jackboot, jacobins, jailbait, jailbird, jambeaux, jamboree, jawboned, jawboner, jawbones, jaybirds, jellabas, jeroboam, jetbeads, jigaboos, jobnames, johnboat, joinable, jubilant, jubilate, kabeljou, sjamboks, zabajone.

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