# jab
## Translingual
### Symbol

jab
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hyam.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Hyam terms

## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒæb/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -æb

### Noun

jab (plural jabs)
* A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
** 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, Chapter 9:He tore in for the ball, make a running jab for it and held it.
* (boxing) A short straight punch.
** 2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport‎:American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.
* (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)
    Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs.
* (British, Australia, New Zealand, sometimes Philippines) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
** 2017 June 28, Michelle Roberts, “Painless flu jab patch for people scared of injections”, in BBC News‎:A 'painless' sticking plaster flu jab that delivers vaccine into the skin has passed important safety tests in the first trial in people.
* (US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.

#### Derived terms

* jab artist
* jabby
* jab saw
* skinny jab
* terrorist fist jab

#### Translations
### Verb

jab (third-person singular simple present jabs, present participle jabbing, simple past and past participle jabbed)
* To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
    Synonyms: job, stick; see also Thesaurus:stab
* To deliver a quick punch.
* (slang, UK) To give someone an injection.
* (slang) To vaccinate or inoculate someone.
* To make fun of, to mock
** 2007, Joel A. Johnson, Beyond Practical Virtue: A Defense of Liberal Democracy Through Literature‎, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN:While the book's lasting appeal is remarkable, the work is worth little scholarly attention insofar as Twain is merely jabbing at a long-dead set of social practices.

#### Derived terms

* double-jab

#### Translations
### See also

* jab jab
* jab molassie

### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “jab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Irish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English job.

### Noun

jab m (genitive singular jab, nominative plural jabanna)
* job, piece of work
* post, employment

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
jab
jabanna
vocative
a jab
a jabanna
genitive
jab
jabanna
dative
jab
jabanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an jab
na jabanna
genitive
an jab
na jabanna
dative
leis an jab don jab
leis na jabanna :

#### Derived terms

* jabaire m (“(cattle-)jobber”)

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “jab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English jab.

### Noun

jab m (invariable)
* jab (boxing punch)

## Marshallese
### Pronunciation

* (phonetic) IPA: [tʲɑpˠ]
* (phonemic) IPA: /tʲæpˠ/
* Bender phonemes: {jab}

### Adjective

jab
* full of, fully

### Adverb

jab
* not ... the

### Noun

jab
* direction

### Related terms

* jabjab
* likjab

### References

* Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
* "jab" in The Dictionary at Marshallese.org

## Spanish
### Noun

jab m (plural jabs)
* (boxing) jab