jab
noun/dʒæb/
/dʒæb/
- a sudden strong hit with something pointed or with a fist (= a tightly closed hand)
- She gave him a jab in the stomach with her elbow.
- a boxer’s left jab
- Scott gave him a sharp left jab to the ribs.
- As a response he got a sharp jab in the stomach with a rifle.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hard
- sharp
- quick
- …
- give somebody
- feel
- land
- …
- jab in
- jab to
- (British English, informal) an injection to help prevent you from catching a disease
- a flu jab
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flu
- tetanus
- typhoid
- …
- have
- give somebody
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally Scots): variant of job ‘prod or stab’.
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