jab

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• /d͡ʒæb/
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Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: рязък удар (rjazǎk udar) — quick stab
• Dutch: prik — quick stab
• Estonian: piste — quick stab
• Estonian: torge — quick stab
• Finnish: pisto — quick stab
• Finnish: sohaisu — quick stab
• Finnish: tökkäys — quick stab
• Georgian: დარტყმა (darṭq̇ma) — quick stab
• Georgian: ჩარტყმა (čarṭq̇ma) — quick stab
• Georgian: წიხლი (c̣ixli) — quick stab
• Georgian: პანღური (ṗanɣuri) — quick stab
• Hungarian: döfés — quick stab
• Irish: sáiteán — quick stab
• Irish: sonc — quick stab
• Kazakh: нұқу (nūqu) — quick stab
• Norwegian: stikk — quick stab
• Russian: уда́р (udár) — quick stab
• Russian: толчо́к (tolčók) — quick stab
• Russian: пино́к (pinók) — quick stab
• Russian: джеб (džeb) — quick stab
• Serbo-Croatian: ubod — quick stab
• Spanish: golpe abrupto — quick stab
• Arabic: لَكْمَة أَمَامِيَّة — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Bulgarian: прав удар (prav udar) — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Dutch: stoot — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Dutch: stomp — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Dutch: por — (boxing) a short straight punch
• French: jab — (boxing) a short straight punch
• German: Gerade — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Hungarian: szúrás — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Irish: smitín — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Irish: dorn — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Irish: buille — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Italian: dritto — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Polish: cios prosty — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Portuguese: direto — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Portuguese: cruzado — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Portuguese: jab (MMA) — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Russian: джеб (džeb) — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Serbo-Croatian: kratki direkt — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Spanish: directo — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Spanish: recto (MMA) — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Spanish: jab — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Swedish: jabb — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Thai: หมัดหน้า — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Thai: หมัดแย็บ — (boxing) a short straight punch
• Bulgarian: инжекция (inžekcija) — medical injection
• Dutch: prik — medical injection
• Finnish: ruiske — medical injection
• Finnish: pistos — medical injection
• Finnish: piikki — medical injection
• French: piqûre — medical injection
• French: injection — medical injection
• German: Injektion — medical injection
• German: subkutane Impfung — medical injection
• German: Piks — medical injection
• Hungarian: oltás — medical injection
• Hungarian: injekció — medical injection
• Irish: instealladh — medical injection
• Italian: puntura — medical injection
• Italian: iniezione — medical injection
• Khmer: ការចាក់ថ្នាំ (kaa cak thnam) — medical injection
• Norwegian: stikk — medical injection
• Portuguese: injeção — medical injection
• Russian: уко́л (ukól) — medical injection
• Serbo-Croatian: injekcija — medical injection
• Spanish: pinchazo — medical injection
• Swahili: sindano — medical injection
• Swedish: spruta — medical injection
• Swedish: stick — medical injection
• Azerbaijani: atmaca — a verbal annoyance
• Finnish: piikki — a verbal annoyance
• Finnish: pisto — a verbal annoyance
• Finnish: sivallus — a verbal annoyance
• French: pique — a verbal annoyance
• German: Stichelei — a verbal annoyance
• Ancient Greek: σκῶμμᾰ (skômmă) — a verbal annoyance
• Hungarian: csipkelődés — a verbal annoyance
• Hungarian: kötekedés — a verbal annoyance
• Kazakh: түйреу (tüireu) — a verbal annoyance
• Kazakh: түйреп алу (tüirep alu) — a verbal annoyance
• Kazakh: сөзбен түйреу (sözben tüireu) — a verbal annoyance
• Kazakh: шағу (şağu) — a verbal annoyance
• Kazakh: сөзбен шағу (sözben şağu) — a verbal annoyance
• Latin: scōmma — a verbal annoyance
• Polish: zaczepka — a verbal annoyance
• Russian: ко́лкость (kólkostʹ) — a verbal annoyance
• Russian: шпи́лька (špílʹka) — a verbal annoyance
• Serbo-Croatian: zabadanje — a verbal annoyance
• Spanish: pulla — a verbal annoyance
• Spanish: fisga — a verbal annoyance
• Spanish: burla — a verbal annoyance
• Spanish: chanza — a verbal annoyance
• Spanish: mofa — a verbal annoyance
• Bulgarian: мушкам (muškam) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Bulgarian: ръгам (rǎgam) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Bulgarian: пробождам (proboždam) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Dutch: steken — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Estonian: torkima — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Finnish: tökätä — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Finnish: tökkäistä — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Finnish: survaista — to poke or thrust abruptly
• German: zustoßen — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Irish: prioc — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Irish: tabhair sonc do — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Irish: tabhair priocadh do — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Irish: sáigh — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Irish: dírigh — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Polish: bóść — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Polish: bodnąć — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Russian: пырну́ть (pyrnútʹ) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Russian: пихну́ть (pixnútʹ) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Russian: ткнуть (tknutʹ) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Serbo-Croatian: probosti — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Spanish: golpear — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Spanish: puyar — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Turkish: saplamak — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Turkish: sançmak — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Ottoman Turkish: دورتمك (dürtmek) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Ottoman Turkish: صاپلامق (saplamak) — to poke or thrust abruptly
• Dutch: porren — to deliver a quick punch
• Finnish: pistää — to deliver a quick punch
• Finnish: sohaista — to deliver a quick punch
• French: jaber — to deliver a quick punch
• Georgian: დარტყმა (darṭq̇ma) — to deliver a quick punch
• German: eine Gerade schlagen — to deliver a quick punch
• Irish: tabhair smitín — to deliver a quick punch
• Polish: uderzać — to deliver a quick punch
• Polish: uderzać — to deliver a quick punch
• Russian: уда́рить (udáritʹ) — to deliver a quick punch
• Serbo-Croatian: udariti — to deliver a quick punch
• Swedish: jabba — to deliver a quick punch
• Dutch: prikken — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Finnish: piikittää — (slang) to give someone an injection
• German: piksen — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Irish: insteall — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Irish: tabhair instealladh do — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Polish: wstrzykiwać — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Polish: wstrzyknąć — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Russian: ширя́ть (širjátʹ) — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Russian: ширну́ть (širnútʹ) — (slang) to give someone an injection
• Swedish: sticka — (slang) to give someone an injection