āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to jab
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āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻĢā§āĻāĻāĻž
to forcefully stab or pierce something with a sharp object
Transitive: to jab a sharp object into sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He jabbed the knife into the cardboard box to open it.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¸āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to deliver a quick, sharp punch with a straight arm, often used in boxing to hit an opponent
Transitive: to jab sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Tomorrow, she 'll probably jab her brother in the ribs to wake him up for school.
āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
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āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ, āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦ
a quick, straight punch thrown with the lead hand to create distance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His opponent struggled to defend against his fast jabs.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ, āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻļāĻžāĻ°āĻž
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
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āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
