[
UK
/dʒˈæbɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈdʒæbɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒæbɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
he made a thrusting motion with his fist
he warned me with a jab with his finger
How To Use jabbing In A Sentence
- Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again.
- Leslie smiled and turned back to her sewing, moving what looked like a shirt sleeve along the jabbing threaded needle.
- The protester was jabbing a finger aggressively at a policeman.
- He kept jabbing at the paper cup with his pencil.
- There's a film of him doing 'hi-def neck lipo', jabbing his tool under someone's skin to help reduce wattle. Times, Sunday Times
- Gnat has a bag with medical tools, and like millions of children, she enjoys jabbing blunt plastic hypos into the dog's butt.
- He pauses, squinting down at the camera's screen and jabbing various buttons. Times, Sunday Times
- Yeah, there\'s that whole first black nominee for president thing, but more significant is the fact that the greeting, which has been described by confused white journalists as a \ "fist bump, \" \ "closed-fist high-five, \" \ "a frat-tastic fist bump\" and \ "\'Hezbollah\ 'style fist-jabbing, \" is finally being introduced to mainstream culture. Katie Halper: The Obama Pound: In Historic Moment, White People Exposed to "Fist Bump" for First Time
- Mr. Mahy, was overheard yelling, "You're Luke Skywalker and I'm Darth Vader !" while jabbing his opponent. Creative Class: Fencing and Fashion
- Ashley Giles lasted two balls, jabbing at a ball outside off stump sending a catch to Matthew Hayden in the gully, as Pietersen could only stand and stare at the non-striker's end.