Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jab
Participle: jabbed
Gerund: jabbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jab |
| you | jab |
| he;she;it | jabs |
| we | jab |
| you | jab |
| they | jab |
Perfect
| I | have jabbed |
| you | have jabbed |
| he;she;it | has jabbed |
| we | have jabbed |
| you | have jabbed |
| they | have jabbed |
Past
| I | jabbed |
| you | jabbed |
| he;she;it | jabbed |
| we | jabbed |
| you | jabbed |
| they | jabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jabbed |
| you | had jabbed |
| he;she;it | had jabbed |
| we | had jabbed |
| you | had jabbed |
| they | had jabbed |
Future
| I | will jab |
| you | will jab |
| he;she;it | will jab |
| we | will jab |
| you | will jab |
| they | will jab |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jabbed |
| you | will have jabbed |
| he;she;it | will have jabbed |
| we | will have jabbed |
| you | will have jabbed |
| they | will have jabbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jab |
| you | jab |
| he;she;it | jab |
| we | jab |
| you | jab |
| they | jab |
Perfect
| I | have jabbed |
| you | have jabbed |
| he;she;it | have jabbed |
| we | have jabbed |
| you | have jabbed |
| they | have jabbed |
Imperfect
| I | jabbed |
| you | jabbed |
| he;she;it | jabbed |
| we | jabbed |
| you | jabbed |
| they | jabbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jabbed |
| you | had jabbed |
| he;she;it | had jabbed |
| we | had jabbed |
| you | had jabbed |
| they | had jabbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jab |
| you | would jab |
| he;she;it | would jab |
| we | would jab |
| you | would jab |
| they | would jab |
Perfect
| I | would have jabbed |
| you | would have jabbed |
| he;she;it | would have jabbed |
| we | would have jabbed |
| you | would have jabbed |
| they | would have jabbed |
Imperative
| you | jab |
| we | Let's jab |
| you | jab |
Verbs conjugated like 'jab'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jab'
ab,
bab,
cab,
dab,
fab,
gab,
jag,
jam,
jamb,
jap,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
- chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
- poke
- prod, thrust, dig, nudge, punch, stab, hit, blow
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1825, "to thrust with a point," Scot. variant of
job "to strike, pierce, thrust," from M.E.
jobben "to jab, thrust, peck" (c.1490), of unknown origin, perhaps echoic. Noun meaning "a punch with the fist" is from 1889. Sense of "injection with a hypodermic needle" is from 1914.
2. Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben. See: English '
job'.
Sample Sentences
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A barely audible groan welled up in the Captain's throat as the grinning Freedom Fighter circled around behind the helpless American Soldier. The groan sputtered into a strangled, "No… no… don't.... " as Randall felt the juicy tip of the man's tumescent cock jab against his hair-ringed, virgin asshole. [1991, Etienne, “In Enemy Hands”, in Drummer, number 151, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2026, page 32:]
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While the book's lasting appeal is remarkable, the work is worth little scholarly attention insofar as Twain is merely jabbing at a long-dead set of social practices. [2007, Joel A. Johnson, Beyond Practical Virtue: A Defense of Liberal Democracy Through Literature, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN:]