jab

jab

J0000800 (jăb)v. jabbed, jab·bing, jabs v.tr.1. To poke or thrust abruptly: jabbed a knife into the log.2. To stab or pierce: jabbed the steak with a fork.3. To punch (someone) with short straight blows.v.intr.1. To make an abrupt poking or thrusting motion: jabbed at the pickles with his fork.2. To deliver a short straight punch.n.1. A quick stab or blow.2. Sports A short straight punch in boxing.3. Informal A hypodermic injection.

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[Variant of job.]

jab

(dʒæb) vb, jabs, jabbing or jabbed1. to poke or thrust sharply2. to strike with a quick short blow or blowsn3. a sharp poke or stab4. (Boxing) a quick short blow, esp (in boxing) a straight punch with the leading hand5. (Medicine) informal an injection: polio jabs. [C19: originally Scottish variant of job] ˈjabbing adj ˈjabbingly adv

jab

(dʒæb)

v. jabbed, jab•bing,
n. v.t. 1. to poke sharply or abruptly, as with an end or point: 2. to thrust abruptly: to jab an elbow into someone's ribs. 3. to punch with a quick blow. v.i. 4. to poke or punch with quick blows. n. 5. a poke with the end or point of something; sharp, quick thrust. 6. a short, quick punch. [1815–25; variant, orig. Scots, of job to jab, late Middle English jobben]

jab

Past participle: jabbed
Gerund: jabbing

Imperative
jab
jab

Present
I jab
you jab
he/she/it jabs
we jab
you jab
they jab

Preterite
I jabbed
you jabbed
he/she/it jabbed
we jabbed
you jabbed
they jabbed

Present Continuous
I am jabbing
you are jabbing
he/she/it is jabbing
we are jabbing
you are jabbing
they are jabbing

Present Perfect
I have jabbed
you have jabbed
he/she/it has jabbed
we have jabbed
you have jabbed
they have jabbed

Past Continuous
I was jabbing
you were jabbing
he/she/it was jabbing
we were jabbing
you were jabbing
they were jabbing

Past Perfect
I had jabbed
you had jabbed
he/she/it had jabbed
we had jabbed
you had jabbed
they had jabbed

Future
I will jab
you will jab
he/she/it will jab
we will jab
you will jab
they will jab

Future Perfect
I will have jabbed
you will have jabbed
he/she/it will have jabbed
we will have jabbed
you will have jabbed
they will have jabbed

Future Continuous
I will be jabbing
you will be jabbing
he/she/it will be jabbing
we will be jabbing
you will be jabbing
they will be jabbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been jabbing
you have been jabbing
he/she/it has been jabbing
we have been jabbing
you have been jabbing
they have been jabbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been jabbing
you will have been jabbing
he/she/it will have been jabbing
we will have been jabbing
you will have been jabbing
they will have been jabbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been jabbing
you had been jabbing
he/she/it had been jabbing
we had been jabbing
you had been jabbing
they had been jabbing

Conditional
I would jab
you would jab
he/she/it would jab
we would jab
you would jab
they would jab

Past Conditional
I would have jabbed
you would have jabbed
he/she/it would have jabbed
we would have jabbed
you would have jabbed
they would have jabbed

jab

Light, straight punch by the leading arm.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jab - a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"jabbing, poking, thrusting, poke, thrustgesture - motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
	2.	jab - a quick short straight punchbiff, punch, lick, clout, poke, slug - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"
	3.	jab - the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"digtouching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
Verb	1.	jab - poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"poke, prod, stab, digthrust - push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"
	2.	jab - strike or punch with quick and short blowsstrike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
	3.	jab - stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"stabgoad, prick - stab or urge on as if with a pointed stickthrust - push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward"

jab

verb1. poke, dig, punch, thrust, tap, stab, nudge, prod, lunge a needle was jabbed into the baby's armnoun1. poke, dig, punch, thrust, tap, stab, nudge, prod, lunge a steady supply of left jabs2. (Brit. informal) injection, vaccine, vaccination, inoculation, shot (informal), jag (informal) painful anti-malaria jabs

jab

verbTo thrust against or into:dig, jog, nudge, poke, prod.nounAn act of thrusting into or against, as to attract attention:dig, jog, nudge, poke.

Translations

刺戳戳猛刺

jab

(dʒӕb) – past tense, past participle jabbed – verb to poke or prod. He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow; She jabbed the needle into her finger. 刺, 捅 猛刺，戳 noun a sudden hard poke or prod. He gave me a jab with his finger; a jab of pain. 猛刺，猛捅 猛刺，戳

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