as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
jabbed a pickle and tossed it on the plate
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Recent Examples of jab
Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 July 2025
Declining profits and viewership, combined with rising costs (and often frequent jabs at a sensitive president), have made the late-night talk show host one of the country's more precarious jobs.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 21 July 2025
Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 24 June 2025
The sequence was designed to mimic a human yawn, but one could be forgiven for thinking the fleshy android had just been unpleasantly jabbed with something sharp.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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Noun
On Tuesday, Trump ignored Colbert’s jab but took another swipe at Kimmel as well as NBC’s Jimmy Fallon.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 July 2025
Declining profits and viewership, combined with rising costs (and often frequent jabs at a sensitive president), have made the late-night talk show host one of the country's more precarious jobs.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 21 July 2025
Verb
Nearly 150 people were jabbed with syringes during a street music festival in France, the country’s interior ministry said, adding that authorities had arrested at least 12 suspects.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 24 June 2025
The sequence was designed to mimic a human yawn, but one could be forgiven for thinking the fleshy android had just been unpleasantly jabbed with something sharp.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jab
Noun
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Laws adds that this space is right off the white-wallpapered living room, so walking into it brings an unexpected visual punch.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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My partner called out numbers on the spot, with each number representing a punch.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were stabbed to death in the middle of the night at their off-campus residence.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Kernodle died from lacerations to her heart and lungs, and she had been stabbed more than 50 times.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Still, for most types of driving, including on winding mountain roads, it’s got more than enough power to easily (and safely) overtake slow pokes.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
19 June 2025
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The choice to keep the narration of Girls with Long Shadows with one sibling, middle triplet Baby B, was a poke into my own side, a way to force myself to examine the inextricable biases of our own perspectives and its implications on a larger story.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Photos shared by both ABC News and Sky News show a Rolls-Royce engine — one of four on the plane — being punctured by the support beam of jet bridge.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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GameStop is auctioning an infamous stapler that punctured the screens of new Nintendo Switch 2 screens.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Those words cut through the cocaine fog and pierced his heart.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
2 Aug. 2025
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Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork or skewer, about 20 minutes.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Dempsey would leave the area and avoid arrest for another six weeks, until the California Highway Patrol picked him up in mid-August 2024, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Luckily, the Lions’ defense picked them up by not allowing a touchdown despite the Chargers starting with the ball at the Lions’ five-yard line.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Part of Trump’s public and behind closed door dalliance with a Combs pardon is to stick a knife in the family of ex-FBI Director James Comey.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Royals have allowed Hammond to stick in a familiar spot in the infield.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Jab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jab. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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