jab (noun)
1jab´ber|ing|ly — jab|ber «JAB uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. to talk very fast in a confused, senseless way; chatter; prattle: »Demons for fright Jabber and scream about him in the night (William Butler Yeats). SYNONYM(S): babble, gabble. –v.t. to speak rapidly and… …
2jab´ber|er — jab|ber «JAB uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. to talk very fast in a confused, senseless way; chatter; prattle: »Demons for fright Jabber and scream about him in the night (William Butler Yeats). SYNONYM(S): babble, gabble. –v.t. to speak rapidly and… …
3jab|ber — «JAB uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. to talk very fast in a confused, senseless way; chatter; prattle: »Demons for fright Jabber and scream about him in the night (William Butler Yeats). SYNONYM(S): babble, gabble. –v.t. to speak rapidly and indistinctly …
4Jab|ber|wock|y — or Jab|ber|wock|y «JAB UHR|WOK ee», noun, adjective. –n. meaningless writing; nonsensical talk; jabber. –adj. without meaning; having no sense: »the jabberwocky school of modern verse, jabberwocky distortion. ╂[< Jabberwock, a fabulous animal… …
5jab|ber|wock|y — or Jab|ber|wock|y «JAB UHR|WOK ee», noun, adjective. –n. meaningless writing; nonsensical talk; jabber. –adj. without meaning; having no sense: »the jabberwocky school of modern verse, jabberwocky distortion. ╂[< Jabberwock, a fabulous animal… …
6jab|i|ru — «JAB uh roo», noun. 1. a large, white stork of tropical America with long legs and bill and a naked head and neck. It has a wingspread of about 7 feet. 2. any of various similar birds of Africa and Asia. ╂[< New Latin jabiru < Spanish or… …
7jab|o|ran|di — «JAB uh RAN dee», noun, plural dis. 1. the dried leaflets of a South American shrub of the rue family, containing an alkaloid drug, pilocarpine, a formerly the principal source of it. 2. the plant itself, or any one of various similar plants.… …
8jab artist — noun A boxer who fights with short jab like punches …
9jab jab — noun a) A person dressed up as a devil like character, in Caribbean carnivals, who carries a whip in hand b) The devil as represented in the costume …
10jab — ► VERB (jabbed, jabbing) ▪ poke roughly or quickly with something sharp or pointed. ► NOUN 1) a quick, sharp poke or blow. 2) Brit. informal a hypodermic injection, especially a vaccination. ORIGIN apparently symbolic …
