[jab] vb jabbed ; jab.bing [alter. of job to strike] vt (1827) 1 a: to pierce with or as if with a sharp object: stab b: to poke quickly or abruptly: thrust
2: to strike with a short straight blow ~ vi 1: to make quick or abrupt thrusts with a sharp object
2: to strike a person with a short straight blow
[2]jab n (1872): an act of jabbing; esp: a short straight boxing punch delivered with the leading hand