Jab

Synonyms for jab:

Sense 1

denounce, pillory, lambast, penetrate, inject, bump, extrude, decry, stick out, thrust aside, drive back, blow.

Sense 2

condemn, HIT, bash, shove.

Sense 3

plow, force down, jog, pummel.

Sense 4

bull.

Sense 5

catapult, slate.

Sense 6

pump.

Sense 7

jar, wheel.

Sense 8

shoulder, tackle, jam, strain.

Sense 11

shoot.

Sense 12

force.

Sense 14

throw.

dose

injection.

poke at

prod.

Other synonyms and related words:

egg on, apprehend, digging, condemn, nudge, jibe, drive, bull, shoulder, pigeon berry, archeological site, dawdler, comprehend, grind, cut into, injection, shove, bump, shaft, skewer, laggard, incite, grasp, stick, dig out, pry, jar, jog, transfix, paper bag, moil, shoot, clout, biff, savvy, denounce, driving force, nose, trailer, compass, shot, bash, pillory, sack, slug, tackle, garget, barb, penetrate, punch, excavate, thump, force, lunge, lick, slam, catapult, jam, push, pierce, lagger, poke at, gibe, travail, pummel, lambast, carrier bag, HIT, inject, knife, spike, intrude, knife thrust, turn over, gore, drudge, delve, pound, blow, excavation, get the picture.

Sense 2 (noun)

jog.

Sense 3 (noun)

condemn, denounce, lambast, bash, pillory, slate, decry.

Sense 4 (noun)

jar, shoulder, shove, strain, thrust aside.

act (noun)

jabbing, poke, dig, thrusting, thrust, poking.

jab (noun)

poke, jabbing, thrust, dig, poking, prod, thrusting, stab.

plunge (noun)

lunge.

poke (noun)

jog, stab, punch, push, prod, bump, nudge, dig, thrust, HIT, lunge, blow.

ridicule (noun)

gibe.

contact (verb)

poke, stab, dig, prod.

Usage examples for jab:

• Warrington played for his face, and to each jab he added a taunt. - "Parrot & Co.", Harold MacGrath.
• He was in a clinch, using the short- arm jab. - "The Bondboy", George W. (George Washington) Ogden.