Tyson followed up the jab with a left hook.
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Jab
//d͡ʒæb//
Synonyms for "jab" (207 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
Related words (103)
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5 entriesTranslations
132 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκῶμμᾰ noun (a verbal annoyance)
Arabic
1 entries- لَكْمَة أَمَامِيَّة noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- atmaca noun (a verbal annoyance)
Bulgarian
4 entries- инжекция noun (medical injection)
- прав удар noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- рязък удар noun (quick stab)
- мушкам verb (to poke or thrust abruptly)
Dutch
4 entries- por noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- prik noun (quick stab)
- prik noun (medical injection)
- stomp noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
Estonian
3 entries- piste noun (quick stab)
- torge noun (quick stab)
- torkima verb (to poke or thrust abruptly)
Finnish
4 entries- piikki noun (medical injection)
- piikki noun (a verbal annoyance)
- pisto noun (quick stab)
- pisto noun (a verbal annoyance)
French
4 entries- injection noun (medical injection)
- jab noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- pique noun (a verbal annoyance)
- piqûre noun (medical injection)
Georgian
4 entries- დარტყმა noun (quick stab)
- პანღური noun (quick stab)
- ჩარტყმა noun (quick stab)
- წიხლი noun (quick stab)
German
4 entries- Gerade noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- Injektion noun (medical injection)
- Piks noun (medical injection)
- Stichelei noun (a verbal annoyance)
Hungarian
2 entries- injekció noun (medical injection)
- oltás noun (medical injection)
Irish
4 entries- buille noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- dorn noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- instealladh noun (medical injection)
- smitín noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
Italian
3 entries- dritto noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- iniezione noun (medical injection)
- puntura noun (medical injection)
Kazakh
4 entries- нұқу noun (quick stab)
- сөзбен түйреу noun (a verbal annoyance)
- сөзбен шағу noun (a verbal annoyance)
- түйреп алу noun (a verbal annoyance)
Khmer
1 entries- ការចាក់ថ្នាំ noun (medical injection)
Latin
1 entries- scōmma noun (a verbal annoyance)
Norwegian
2 entries- stikk noun (quick stab)
- stikk noun (medical injection)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دورتمك verb (to poke or thrust abruptly)
Polish
4 entries- cios prosty noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- zaczepka noun (a verbal annoyance)
- bodnąć verb (to poke or thrust abruptly)
- bóść verb (to poke or thrust abruptly)
Portuguese
4 entries- cruzado noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- direto noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- injeção noun (medical injection)
- jab (MMA) noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
Russian
4 entries- джеб noun (quick stab)
- джеб noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- ко́лкость noun (a verbal annoyance)
- пино́к noun (quick stab)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- injekcija noun (medical injection)
- kratki direkt noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- ubod noun (quick stab)
- zabadanje noun (a verbal annoyance)
Spanish
4 entries- directo noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- fisga noun (a verbal annoyance)
- golpe abrupto noun (quick stab)
- jab noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
Swahili
1 entries- sindano noun (medical injection)
Swedish
4 entries- jabb noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- spruta noun (medical injection)
- stick noun (medical injection)
- jabba verb (to deliver a quick punch)
Thai
2 entries- หมัดหน้า noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
- หมัดแย็บ noun ((boxing) a short straight punch)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The doctor offered the child a lollipop. Against expectation the child said he preferred no lollipop and no jab to getting the immunisation and lollipop.
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Tom gave Mary a light jab in the ribs.
Source: tatoeba (5941936)
Tom gave me a light jab in the ribs.
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