The meaning of JAB is to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object. How to use jab in a sentence.

[ T ] I jabbed my finger on the needle. [ I ] He jabbed at his food with his fork. To jab is also to hit someone hard and quickly with a tightly closed hand.

Define jab. jab synonyms, jab pronunciation, jab translation, English dictionary definition of jab. v. jabbed , jab·bing , jabs v. tr. 1. To poke or thrust abruptly: jabbed a knife into the log.

JAB meaning: 1 : to push something sharp or hard quickly or suddenly into or toward someone or something; 2 : to be pushed quickly and suddenly into someone or a part of someone's body

When you jab someone, you poke that person. No one on the school bus wants to sit next to the kid who tends to jab people in their ribs with his sharp elbows.

If you jab one thing into another, you push it there with a quick, sudden movement and with a lot of force. He saw her jab her thumb on a red button – a panic button. Stern jabbed at me with his glasses.

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