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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)

  1. 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.
  2. (boxing) A short straight punch.
  3. (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.
  4. (Britain, Australia) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
  5. (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)

  1. To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
  2. To deliver a quick punch.
  3. (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)

  1. job, piece of work
  2. 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)

  1. jab (boxing punch)

Spanish

Noun

jab m (plural jabs)

  1. (boxing) jab

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thwack

English

Etymology

From a variant (influenced by whack) of Middle English thakken (to stroke), from Old English þaccian (to touch gently, stroke, tap), from Proto-Germanic *þakw?n? (to touch lightly), from Proto-Indo-European *teh?g- (to touch). Cognate with Old Dutch þakol?n (to stroke), Old Norse þykkr (a thwack, thump, blow), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (to thwack, thump, beat), Norwegian tjåka (to strike, beat), Latin tang? (touch). More at tangent. It should also be noted that early foreign scribes of Middle English confused "th" and "wh", as did some writers. This disappeared for the most part once Middle English spelling had developed. Doublet of thack.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thw?k, IPA(key): /?wæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

Noun

thwack (plural thwacks)

  1. The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
  2. A heavy slapping sound.

Translations

Verb

thwack (third-person singular simple present thwacks, present participle thwacking, simple past and past participle thwacked)

  1. To hit with a flat implement.
  2. To beat.
  3. To fill to overflow.

Translations

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