jab

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Body head combinations with a heavy dose of the jab could be the winning recipe.

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  1. transitive verb To poke or thrust abruptly: jabbed a knife into the log.
  2. transitive verb To stab or pierce: jabbed the steak with a fork.
  3. transitive verb To punch (someone) with short blows.
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  • The jab, which is not compulsory, is expected to revolutionise the approach to beating the disease. —  ITN Headlines
  • Her weight as at 1 1 / 2 months ago when I brought her for the jab was at 9. 2kg.
  • Stalking behind a jab, jab, and double jab, Valero tried out the straight left to body and a right hook upstairs.
  • He isn't gonna be used to a boxing range where the jab is there, because you can't stand there and just jab. —  BoxingScene.com
  • Body head combinations with a heavy dose of the jab could be the winning recipe. —  East Side Boxing
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

stab ·  shove ·  poke ·  slash ·  punch ·  swipe ·  jolt ·  tug ·  slap ·  kick ·  jerk ·  prick

Used in the same contextWord Family

jab:   jabs ·  jabbed ·  jabbing
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Variant of job2.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. A dial., orig. Scots, form of job, in same sense: see job.
  2. = job, n.; from the verb.
 

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