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Meanings of jabbing in English

Portuguese
injecção
Catalan
empenta
Spanish
amenazador

A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

        injecção
        Usage of jabbing in English
        1
        Summer rushed forward, but Meera blocked him, jabbing with the three-pronged spear.
        A clash of kings
        2
        Beira took the needle back in hand, jabbing it into the cloth.
        Wicked lovely
        3
        Voilà, A can't find us. She started jabbing at the phone's screen.
        Killer
        4
        Suddenly there was a sharp, jabbing pain and he woke up fully.
        The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
        5
        He was hefting his swizzlestick, so I edged out of jabbing range.
        The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
        6
        She brandished the rifle, swinging it and jabbing it at the air.
        Boneshaker
        7
        The soldier swung the rifle back around, jabbing it threateningly at me.
        Shadow and Bone
        8
        She considered jabbing one of the tailor's pearl-headed pins through his eye.
        Throne of Glass
        9
        Dougal leapt aside like a bull-fighter, jabbing at it with his spear.
        Outlander
        10
        The woman continues to distract Costello, and starts jabbing at her phone.
        News.com.au
        11
        His belt buckle was jabbing his stomach, and he shifted his position.
        Stinger
        12
        Thomas circled the creature, jumping in and back again, poking, jabbing, thrusting.
        The Scorch Trials
        13
        Phenom's pacing, making little half jogs, jabbing the air like a boxer.
        Soon I will be invincible
        14
        I didn't dare; Ala would have assailed me with that jabbing pin.
        Anathem
        15
        He punctuated his accusation by jabbing his finger in Hendel's muscular chest.
        Ascension
        16
        Ezra was shouting, Jean shouting back, jabbing a finger into his chest.
        The king of lies
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        Translations for jabbing
        Portuguese
        injecção
        Jabbing through the time
        Jabbing across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common