JAB

I. verb (~bed; ~bing) Etymology: alteration of job to strike Date: 1827 transitive verb 1. to pierce with or as if with a sharp object ; stab , to poke quickly or abruptly ; thrust , to strike with a short straight blow, intransitive verb to make quick or abrupt thrusts with a sharp object, to strike a person with a short straight blow, II. noun Date: 1872 an act of ~bing