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What (who) is jab - definition
AUSTRALIAN PUNK BAND OF THE 1970S
jab
![''Jab with [[full crouch]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/jab3.jpg?width=200 "''Jab with [[full crouch]]''")
![side stance]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/directlong0.jpg?width=200 "side stance]]''")
![counterpunch]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Direct_corps1.jpg?width=200 "counterpunch]]''")
(jabs, jabbing, jabbed)
1.
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...
A needle was jabbed into the baby's arm...
Stern jabbed at me with his glasses...
= stab
VERB: V n prep, be V-ed into n, V at n
2.
A jab is a sudden, sharp punch.
He was simply too powerful for his opponent, rocking him with a steady supply of left jabs.
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3.
A jab is an injection of something into your blood to prevent illness. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...painful anti malaria jabs.
N-COUNT
jab
¦ verb (jabs, jabbing, jabbed) poke roughly or quickly with something sharp or pointed.
¦ noun
1. a quick, sharp poke or blow.
2. Brit. informal a hypodermic injection, especially a vaccination.
Origin
C19 (orig. Scots): var. of job2.
jab
I
n.
short punch
1) to throw a jab
2) a left; right jab
3) a jab to (a left jab to the head)
II
v.
1) (D; intr.) to jab at (he jabbed at the other boxer with his left)
2) (D; tr.) to jab in (she jabbed me in the ribs)
Wikipedia
JAB
JAB were an Australian punk rock band, which formed in Adelaide in 1976. The original line-up was Johnny Crash (a.k.a. Janis Friedenfelds) on drums and vocals, Ash Wednesday on bass guitar, synthesiser and tapes, and Bohdan X (a.k.a. Bodhan Kubiakowski) on guitar and vocals. Johnny Crash died on 24 January 2014.
Examples of use of jab
1. Having a flu jab reduces your chances of getting bird flu.No, a flu jab helps stop people getting seasonal flu.
2. From Guide to Jab Jab Phool Khile to Raja Hindustani, the fascination for these stories has never ended.
3. British researchers may have disproved a link between the MMR jab and autism British researchers say they have disproved a link between the MMR jab and autism.
4. First jab Olmert delivered the first jab when in his opening statement he hinted that Lindenstrauss had leaked details of the report to the media.
5. Many parents are worried about the MMR jab Experts conclusively rejected any suggestion that the triple measles mumps and rubella jab was linked to disorders including autism.