transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒæb ]
( jabs, jabbing, jabbed)
1.
If you jab one thing into another, you push it there with a quick, sudden movement and with a lot of force.
He saw her jab her thumb on a red button–a panic button...
A needle was jabbed into the baby’s arm...
Stern jabbed at me with his glasses...
= stab
VERB : V n prep , be V-ed into n , V at n
2.
A jab is a sudden, sharp punch.
He was simply too powerful for his opponent, rocking him with a steady supply of left jabs.
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3.
A jab is an injection of something into your blood to prevent illness. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
...painful anti malaria jabs.
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