jab

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

jab [jab jabs jabbed jabbing] verb, noun BrE [dʒæb] NAmE [dʒæb]
verb (-bb-)transitive, intransitive
to push a pointed object into sb/sth, or in the direction of sb/sth, with a sudden strong movement
Syn: ↑prod
•~ sb/sth (in sth) (with sth) She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.
•~ sth in sth She jabbed her finger in his ribs.
•~ (at sb/sth) (with sth) He jabbed at the picture with his finger.
•The boxer jabbed at his opponent.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 19th cent. (originally Scots): variant of job ‘prod or stab’.

Thesaurus:
jab verb T, I
•She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.
prod • • poke • • nudge •
jab/prod/poke/nudge sb/sth with your finger/a stick/a rifle
jab/prod/poke at sth (with sth)
jab/prod/poke/nudge sb in sth

Example Bank:
•He jabbed a finger in her direction.
•She started jabbing at the calculator.
•The soldier jabbed a rifle into his ribs.

 
noun
1. a sudden strong hit with sth 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
2. (BrE, informal)an ↑injection to help prevent you from catching a disease
•a flu jab

Word Origin:
early 19th cent. (originally Scots): variant of job ‘prod or stab’.

Example Bank:
•Scott gave him a sharp left jab to the ribs.
•As a response he got a sharp jab in the stomach with a rifle.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dig, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting, stab, prod