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jab1 verbjab2 noun jabjab1 /dʒæb/ verb (past tense and past participle jabbed, present participle jabbing) [intransitive, transitive] jab1Origin: 1800-1900 job ‘to jab’ (15-20 centuries), probably copying the action VERB TABLEjab |
Present | I, you, we, they | jab | | he, she, it | jabs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | jabbed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have jabbed | | he, she, it | has jabbed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had jabbed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will jab | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have jabbed |
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Present | I | am jabbing | | he, she, it | is jabbing | | you, we, they | are jabbing | Past | I, he, she, it | was jabbing | | you, we, they | were jabbing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been jabbing | | he, she, it | has been jabbing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been jabbing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be jabbing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been jabbing |
- Connors jabbed his finger in the umpire's face.
- I jab his fist, deflecting it as I shuffle back.
- I jab smartly, snapping out into his unsuspecting face and make solid contact against his nose.
- Occasionally he would jab futilely at a passing luminous trail.
- Selecting a clear-looking spot she jabbed the fork into the earth and stood on the crossbar.
- The beat drops and Sister Souljah marches on, up and down the stage, jabbing at the audience with her finger.
- Uh, jabbed myself on the corner, jabbed myself with the corner.
- Your friend jabs his spear right at it, but he misses and the fish swims away.
► jabbed ... finger When I didn’t respond, he jabbed a finger at me. NOUN► finger· He saw Gazzer's fingers jab ferociously into Simon's face. to push something into or towards something else with short quick movementsjab at She jabbed at the elevator buttons. When I didn’t respond, he jabbed a finger at me.jab somebody with something Stop jabbing me with your elbow!jab something into something The soldier jabbed a rifle into his ribs.jab1 verbjab2 noun jabjab2 noun [countable] - A combination of pressure from civil libertarians and right-wing militias, interesting left-right jabs...
- Council members took jabs and butted heads and bit off ears, figuratively speaking.
- Eventually she manages to deliver a particularly nasty jab and he goes up.
- He puts you to sleep with those little jabs.
- Me thinking I'd probably got some filthy fever in spite of the jabs.
- The other clawed into it, mercilessly pecking while its prey squawked with weakening jabs of its beak.
- When the war ended he sought me out to offer me choice of jabs.
treatment for an injury or illness► treatment a medical method of curing someone who is ill or injured, for example by means of drugs or an operation: treatment for: · Doctors are trying out a new treatment for depression.treatment of: · Natural poisons such as snake venom are now being used in the treatment of human nervous disorders.receive treatment: · He's receiving treatment for cancer.medical treatment: · They received medical treatment at the hospital after the assault.course of treatment: · a course of treatment which should lead to an improvement in the patient's condition ► therapy a series of treatments for a problem, especially a mental one, usually without drugs or operations: · The therapy involves getting the patient to tell the doctor about their early childhood.· This child is clearly very disturbed emotionally and may require long-term therapy.be in therapy: · He's been in therapy for years, but he's still got a big self-esteem problem.speech therapy (=medical help to improve speech): · Will she need to have speech therapy?physical therapy: · Don underwent months of physical therapy after the accident. ► medicine the science of understanding illness and injury, and the methods used for treating them: · Jane is studying medicine.· The discovery of penicillin revolutionized Western medicine.alternative medicinealso complementary medicine British (=medical treatments based on ideas that are different from the ideas of Western scientific medicine): · So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?conventional medicine (=the usual form of medicine used in most Western countries, involving the use of drugs and operations): · Many of these people have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it. ► operation if you have an operation , a doctor cuts into your body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: have an operation: · The doctor says I must have an operation.operation on: · I had an operation on my knee last year.carry out/perform an operation: · Ask the surgeon how many times he has performed the operation before, and with what success. ► surgery treatment by doctors in which they cut into someone's body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: · She needed emergency surgery after the accident.surgery on: · He's currently recovering from surgery on his right knee.surgery for: · Last year, she underwent surgery for breast cancer.have/undergo surgery: · Before undergoing surgery, patients should discuss the various options with their doctor.major/minor surgery (=a serious/not very serious operation): · an injury requiring major surgeryknee/abdominal/heart etc surgery: · patients on the waiting list for heart surgery ► injection when a doctor or nurse gives someone a drug using a special needle: have an injection: · I hate having injections.give somebody an injection: · Mrs. Wilson, I'm going to give you an injection to help you relax. ► jab British /shot American informal an injection: · a typhoid jabget a jab/shot: · The kids have to get their shots before they go to school. ► left jab a boxer with a good left jab ► took a ... jab White House officials took a sharp jab at the Democrats’ plan. ADJECTIVE► left· His left jab might have been the cleanest scoring punch of the entire championships. VERB► take· Council members took jabs and butted heads and bit off ears, figuratively speaking. 1a sudden hard hit, especially with a pointed object or your fist (=closed hand): a boxer with a good left jab2something you say to criticize someone or something else: White House officials took a sharp jab at the Democrats’ plan.3British English informal an injection given to prevent you from catching a disease SYN shot: a typhoid jab |