To put it differently, it’s why boxers lead with the jab and don’t start their fights throwing haymakers.
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When the Clippers called for a post-up, Leonard routinely had the defense right where he wanted it — be it after a series of fluttering jab steps from the mid-post, or a methodical backdown that eventually concluded with him muscling through contact.
If Kawhi Turns His Back To The Basket, Watch Out|Michael Pina|September 3, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
China’s Central Military Commission gave the go-ahead in June to vaccinate soldiers with a jab developed by CanSino Biologics in partnership with the Academy of Military Medical Sciences.
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Maybe you think Botox is no big deal—a quick lunchtime jab to freshen up the face?
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This could be construed as a jab at Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who is actively considering both.
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There was the jab at a blue-haired Liza Minnelli, claiming she was a man in drag masquerading as the Oscar winning legend.
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A man was restraining him from behind while, to his horror, he said, he saw another leaning in to jab a syringe into his arm.
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Even Gingrich, after complimenting Cain's attempt to simplify a complex idea, took a jab at the pizza guy.
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He made a jab into the snow wall, and cut out a big square chunk of whiteness.
The Curlytops Snowed In|Howard R. Garis
Makes him wince a little, that jab does, and he flushes up under the eyes.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford
Sergeant, if you make a move agin me I'll surely blow your head off en you, an' jab my bayonet through the next man.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
He suffered pain from the jab in his eye, and was made more restless and fidgety by the excitement and his strange surroundings.
Brave Tom|Edward S. Ellis
We shall have the krises, and if they seize either of us, the other must go down and try and jab his kris into the beast's eyes.
Among Malay Pirates|G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for jab
jab
/ (dʒæb) /
verbjabs, jabbingorjabbed
to poke or thrust sharply
to strike with a quick short blow or blows
noun
a sharp poke or stab
a quick short blow, esp (in boxing) a straight punch with the leading hand