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Jabbing

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Noun

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

a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

Example Sentences:
'he warned me with a jab with his finger'
'he made a thrusting motion with his fist'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jabbing

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verbWord forms: jabs, jabbing or jabbed
1. 
to poke or thrust sharply
2. 
to strike with a quick short blow or blows
noun
3. 
a sharp poke or stab
4. 
a quick short blow, esp (in boxing) a straight punch with the leading hand
5. informal
an injection
polio jabs

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Jabbing

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: jabbed or ˈjabbing
1. 
to poke or thrust, as with a sharp instrument
2. 
to punch with short, straight blows
noun
3. 
a quick thrust, blow, or punch

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jabbing

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v. jabbed, jab·bing, jabs
v.tr.
1. To poke or thrust abruptly: jabbed a knife into the log.
2. To stab or pierce: jabbed the steak with a fork.
3. To punch (someone) with short straight blows.
v.intr.
1. To make an abrupt poking or thrusting motion: jabbed at the pickles with his fork.
2. To deliver a short straight punch.
n.
1. A quick stab or blow.
2. Sports A short straight punch in boxing.
3. Informal A hypodermic injection.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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