jab

Meaning

Noun

1. A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
2. A short straight punch.
3. A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)
4. A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
5. A mild verbal insult.

Verb

1. To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
2. To deliver a quick punch.
3. (slang) To give someone an injection.
4. (slang) To vaccinate or inoculate someone.

Synonyms

poke

stab

thrust

prod

prick

punch

👊

shove

pierce

dig

push

hit

sting

nudge

stick

puncture

blow

poking

strike

ram

🐏

injection

twinge

jabbing

shot

knock

butt

penetrate

box

📦

perforate

bash

gibe

bang

tamp

till

belt

beat

spade

thrusting

pound

💷

lunge

knife

🔪

knockdown

mow

nettle

nip

nip off

pang

pare

pass

peck

percussion

pick

⛏️

pick up

pinch

pique

pitch

plunge

potshot

pricking

prickle

pull

quarter

reduce

resect

retrench

scissor

scratch

sever

shear

shock

⚡

skewer

slam

slap

slice

slit

slog

smash

smite

snip

spay

spur

stick in

stinging

stitch

strike down

tease

throw

pare down

touch

traverse

trim

vaccine

vellicate

visit

whack

whang

cut to

dib

make a hole

operate on

slice up

snip off

strike hard

stroke

lanch

attack

👊

roasting on a spit

batter

bump

campaign

carve

catch

charge

chop

chuck

clout

concussion

crash

cross

cuff

cut

cut away

cut back

cut out

cut up

disarticulate

dismember

dive

drill

drive

drive in

edit

edit out

embroider

filigree

fix

get hold of

goad

gore

impact

impingement

infix

insert

joint

knap

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒæb/

Etymology

Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.