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Jab  v. t.  To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t. (Scot. & Colloq. U. S.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Jab" Quotes from Famous Books



... built to a height of eight feet. It is a solid square erection which ought to stand a good deal of weathering, and on top we have placed a bamboo pole with a flag, making the total height twenty-five feet. Building the cairn was a fine warming jab, but the ice on our whiskers often took some ten minutes thawing out. To-morrow we hope to lay out the cairns to the westward, and then to shape ...
— South! • Sir Ernest Shackleton

... 'em a jab in the ribs and see how they like it. Pictures. Real comics. Anywhere in the paper that there's ...
— Success - A Novel • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... of the men could answer, Holmes sprang to his saddle and, with a quick jab of his spurs in the horse's flanks, rejoined them on the run. In his excitement the mental habits of his life asserted themselves and he was again the typical corporation official dealing with a mere private individual operating on a small scale. ...
— The Winning of Barbara Worth • Harold B Wright



Words linked to "Jab" :   dig, jabbing, clout, slug, thrusting, biff, poking, prick, lick, goad, punch, gesture, touch, thrust, prod, stab, touching



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