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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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propel
English
Etymology
Historically (late Middle English) meant "expel, drive out". Borrowed from Latin propell?, from pro- (“forward”) and pell? (“I push, I move”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /p???p?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
propel (third-person singular simple present propels, present participle propelling, simple past and past participle propelled)
- (transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action, to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- (transitive, figuratively) To provide an impetus for non-physical change, to make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
- I can discern your nature and see that even without any arguments (logoi) from me it will propel you to what you say you are drawn towards,
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265e.
Synonyms
- (either): drive, push
Antonyms
- (either): stay, halt, stop
- (cause to move): rest
Derived terms
- propeller
Related terms
- propulsion
Translations
Anagrams
- lopper
Danish
Alternative forms
- (rare) propeller
Etymology
From English propeller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prop?l/, [p???o?p?l?]
Noun
propel c (singular definite propellen, plural indefinite propeller)
- propeller (mechanical device used to propel)
Inflection
See also
- propel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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