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jab
English
Etymology
Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?æb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Noun
jab (plural jabs)
- A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
- 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, Chapter 9,
- He tore in for the ball, make a running jab for it and held it.
- 1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, Chapter 9,
- (boxing) A short straight punch.
- (Britain) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)
- Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs.
- (Britain, Australia) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
- (US, figuratively) A mild verbal insult.
Derived terms
- jabby
Translations
Verb
jab (third-person singular simple present jabs, present participle jabbing, simple past and past participle jabbed)
- To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
- To deliver a quick punch.
- (slang, Britain) To give someone an injection
Translations
References
Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “jab”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English job.
Noun
jab m (genitive singular jab, nominative plural jabanna)
- job, piece of work
- post, employment
Declension
Derived terms
- jabaire m (“(cattle-)jobber”)
References
- "jab" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English jab.
Noun
jab m (invariable)
- jab (boxing punch)
Spanish
Noun
jab m (plural jabs)
- (boxing) jab
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bash
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From a borrowing of Old Norse *baska (“to strike”), akin to Swedish basa (“to baste, whip, lash, flog”), Danish baske (“to beat, strike, cudgel”), German patschen (“to slap”).
Verb
bash (third-person singular simple present bashes, present participle bashing, simple past and past participle bashed)
- To strike heavily.
- To collide.
- To criticize harshly.
- (Britain, slang) To masturbate.
Derived terms
- gay bash, gay-bash
- trans bash, trans-bash
Translations
Noun
bash (plural bashes)
- (informal) A forceful blow or impact.
- He got a bash on the head.
- (informal) A large party; a gala event.
- They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
- (Britain, informal, often in the phrase 'have a bash') An attempt (at doing something).
- I'm not sure I'll be any good at this, but let me have a bash.
- This was my first bash at macramé, so I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out.
Derived terms
- basher
- bashment
- on the bash
- megabash
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old English baschen, baissen. See abash.
Verb
bash (third-person singular simple present bashes, present participle bashing, simple past and past participle bashed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
References
Anagrams
- AHBs, Bahs, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bahs, habs, shab
Albanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian baš (“exactly, just, right”), present in most Balkan languages. Mikloši? argued that the ultimate source is Turkish ba? (“head, leader”).
Adverb
bash
- (used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) exactly, precisely, right
Etymology 2
From earlier *balsha, a derivative of ballë.
Noun
bash m (indefinite plural bashë, definite singular bashi, definite plural bashët)
- (nautical) bow (of ship)
- center (of room or chamber)
Related terms
- ballë
References
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- bashu
Etymology
Inherited from Latin b?si? (“I kiss”). This is one of relatively few words for which the Daco-Romanian equivalent (in this case s?ruta) is not derived from the same Latin word.
Verb
bash (past participle bãshatã)
- I kiss.
- I embrace
Synonyms
- (kiss): hiritsescu, gugustedz
- (embrace): ambrãtsitedz, ambrats
Related terms
- bãshari / bãshare
- bãshat
- dizbash
- spribash
Yola
Noun
bash
- Alternative form of baush
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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