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Synonyms for jab
dʒæbjab

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrustingnoun

    a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

    "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

    Synonyms:
    jabbing, punch, stab, dig, drive, clout, garget, thrust, sack, driving force, carrier bag, knife thrust, slug, dawdler, lick, poke, paper bag, lagger, biff, pigeon berry, thrusting, drone, trailer, laggard, scoke, push, poking

  2. jabnoun

    a quick short straight punch

    Synonyms:
    dig, poking, thrust, poke, jabbing, thrusting

  3. dig, jabverb

    the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow

    "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"

    Synonyms:
    barb, thrust, excavation, jabbing, slam, shot, thrusting, poking, poke, shaft, archeological site, digging, jibe, gibe, dig

  4. jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb

    poke or thrust abruptly

    "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

    Synonyms:
    compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, dig, drudge, moil, dig up, poke, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig out

  5. jabverb

    strike or punch with quick and short blows

    Synonyms:
    dig, prod, stab, poke

  6. stab, jabverb

    stab or pierce

    "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

    Synonyms:
    prod, dig, knife, poke, stab

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. jabnoun

    Synonyms:
    thrust, punch, dig

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "jab":

    direct

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How to use jab in a sentence?

  1. David Teuscher:

    In boxing, you have to keep your hands up in front of your face and upper torso to defend the blows, or hold them out in a defensive position, and all of that dramatically affects the rotator cuff tendons, it’s his punching shoulder, not his jab shoulder, but either one you have to be able to hit with both, which means you have to be able to extend it out there.

  2. Praveen Maheswari:

    Today media fake survey report was saying 84 per cent people are interested in covid vaccination and 8% was not interested. Truth that was not told by news reader that 84% ordinary people are forced to take jab and 8 % not interested ones are doctors, politicians, corporate directors , news anchors, media proprietors

  3. Garth Brooks:

    And anybody and her husband actually sounds pretty good together, too. That was fun; that was a good little jab at Carrie, and I love her response about Gretzky. So I think the plan is, we gotta Gretzky now to get Carrie in full gear and get her out skating. I think that’s it … so Wayne, I’m calling you out, and trust me, it’ll the the best time you’ve ever had without those stinkin’ boys. This beautiful young girl from Oklahoma, she’ll steal the show. i have a date with Carrie’s husband in Nashville to complete the duet.

  4. Lawrence Gostin:

    They either get the jab or they have to get two tests per week ; they have to mask up. But we should absolutely make sure that if you make a decision not to be vaccinated that you just have no right to go unmasked and unvaccinated in a crowded work place.

  5. Prafull Sakulani:

    Instead of asking people to come on street to protest against vaccination, India awakening movement proponents have to just ask that all cabinet ministers and their children have to take covid jab first in front of 1000 locals, their video via media will not be accepted


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