dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jab_MW.json

{
  "jab":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dab",
      "dig",
      "lunge",
      "poke"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pointed and often mocking comment or criticism":[
        "He has a lot of fun with Ranovic, the oh-so-dramatic, eager young undercover cop who consistently fails to understand Salter's ironic jabs .",
        "\u2014 Jean MacFarlane Wright",
        "Undeterred, McCain continues with his standard stump speech, leaving in all the anti-Bush jabs .",
        "\u2014 Michelle Cottle"
      ],
      ": an injection of something (such as medicine) into one's body with a needle":[
        "made an appointment for her second jab",
        "We're averaging 3 million jabs in arms a day.",
        "\u2014 Ali Velshi"
      ],
      ": to be thrust or driven quickly, abruptly, or forcefully":[
        "\u2014 usually used with into The needle jabbed into my arm. \u2026 reduces any chance of \u2026 keys or coins jabbing into your back when riding. \u2014 George Hill"
      ],
      ": to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object":[
        "She jabbed the steak with her fork.",
        "The nurse jabbed me with the needle.",
        "He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow."
      ],
      ": to pointedly tease or mock (someone)":[
        "We joke around. \u2026 I was jabbing him about injuries he's had.",
        "\u2014 Sports Illustrated"
      ],
      ": to pointedly tease, mock, or make fun of someone":[
        "At a moment's notice, he can produce a months-old editorial cartoon jabbing at him and seems genuinely hurt by the message.",
        "\u2014 The New York Times"
      ],
      ": to prod quickly or abruptly and often repeatedly with or as if with a pointed object":[
        "\u2014 usually used with at He jabbed at his souffl\u00e9 with a spoon. \u2014 P. G. Wodehouse \u2026 repeatedly jabbed at the puck with his stick. \u2014 Dave Joseph We all know him or her\u2014the person who stands at the elevator door and jabs at the button three, four, even five times when the car fails to arrive quickly enough. \u2014 Earl Ubell \"You want to talk about this now"
      ],
      ": to push or drive (something, such as a pointed object) quickly, abruptly, or forcefully : thrust":[
        "The nurse jabbed the needle into my arm.",
        "She jabbed her elbow into my ribs.",
        "He shouted at Alvarez \u2026 , jabbing a finger into the catcher's chest protector.",
        "\u2014 Wina Sturgeon",
        "\"And look at those girls over there,\" the woman said, jabbing a finger at my sister's children \u2026",
        "\u2014 Hope Reeves",
        "The robbers then jabbed a gun into Goldberg's back, he told police, and demanded that he hand over his keys.",
        "\u2014 The Miami Herald"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He jabbed at the other player with his hockey stick.",
      "The needle jabbed his arm.",
      "The needle jabbed into his arm.",
      "Noun",
      "She gave him a jab in the ribs.",
      "He threw a right jab to his opponent's body.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The McConnell spot also jabbed at McGrath, but in that instance Kentucky's Democratic governor did not speak out against the use of his image in the advertisement. \u2014 Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal , 16 May 2020",
      "President Donald Trump, once friendly with Stephenson, wasted no time jabbing him over his departure. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2020",
      "McConnell has eagerly jabbed at Democrats over the issue in the past several weeks. \u2014 Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal , 8 May 2020",
      "Reid jabbed Sanders\u2019s healthcare plan but refused to give his endorsement to any of the candidates ahead of Nevada\u2019s caucuses on Saturday. \u2014 Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner , 19 Feb. 2020",
      "The suspect appeared to wield at least one sharp object and attempted to jab the man with it several times. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Feb. 2020",
      "After Biden took a jab at Steyer, a former hedge fund manager, for investing in a private prison company, Steyer jabbed back at Biden for writing a crime bill that Steyer said led to mass incarceration of black and Latino men. \u2014 USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2020",
      "Fewer people dotting the surrounding neighborhood slumping against walls, jabbing needles into their necks and discarding dirty syringes on the sidewalks. \u2014 Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com , 26 Oct. 2019",
      "But to get jabbed by the president of a mediocre Pac-12 school that isn\u2019t even on the Wolverines level in terms of talent, wins, NFL players or any other standard of measurement over the past five years, is ridiculous. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, azcentral , 17 Feb. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Starting Tuesday, Massachusetts parents and guardians of children under 5 years old will be able to book appointments to get the youngsters COVID-19 vaccinations, after the CDC recommended the jab for kids as young as 6 months. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "When video playback is slowed down, the recording shows the woman holding the cellphone with her left hand, ball up her right fist and jab at Jackson. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
      "The jab was directed at Caruso, whose spending has dominated coverage of the election. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "While the comment raised a few eyebrows, the Queen didn't seem to mind the jab \u2014 and gave a subtle smile and wave of her hand in response. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
      "The latest jab appeared on a billboard mimicking a Silver Alert, used when a senior citizen, especially one with dementia, is missing. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2022",
      "The jab spurred a quaint back-and-forth between the two space leaders. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 10 May 2022",
      "The star power energized Stevenson. Against Valdez, who knocked out countryman Miguel Berchelt to become WBC champion last year, Stevenson flexed his developed strength and leaned heavily on the jab in the early going to build his scorecard lead. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
      "Give yourself a week or so for another jab to refresh your immune system\u2019s supply of antibodies. \u2014 Wire Reports, oregonlive , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1825, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of job to strike":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jab"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "gore",
      "harpoon",
      "impale",
      "lance",
      "peck",
      "pick",
      "pierce",
      "pink",
      "puncture",
      "run through",
      "skewer",
      "spear",
      "spike",
      "spit",
      "stab",
      "stick",
      "transfix",
      "transpierce"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215629",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jabber":{
    "antonyms":[
      "abracadabra",
      "babble",
      "blabber",
      "burble",
      "double Dutch",
      "double-talk",
      "drivel",
      "gabble",
      "gibber",
      "gibberish",
      "jabberwocky",
      "mumbo jumbo",
      "nonsense",
      "prattle",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": gibberish , chatter":[],
      ": to speak rapidly or indistinctly":[],
      ": to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They jabbered away for hours.",
      "She rushed into the room jabbering something about a dog.",
      "Noun",
      "to me the baby's speech was simply jabber , but his mother claimed to know exactly what he was saying",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin \u2014 but Robert Mueller isn\u2019t one of them. \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 28 July 2019",
      "But the sounds of residents enjoying the park during the performance also became part of the piece: jabbering boys with bikes; mothers with babies in strollers; toddlers who approached the singers to hear booming operatic tones close up. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2018",
      "On the hourlong ride home, Jadon played with a ball while big brother Aza jabbered for much of the time. \u2014 CNN , 7 Sep. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Ohio State strength coach Mickey Marotti is getting in on the jibber jabber with some Michigan staffers in this clip. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "To paint like that required a meditative focus that was miles from my own internal jabber . \u2014 Molly Crabapple, The New York Review of Books , 8 July 2021",
      "An older Black man perpetually annoyed by Sterling and Blair's jabber \u2014 particularly about the ups and downs of their romances \u2014 Bowser only takes on the underage twins as his prot\u00e9g\u00e9s because the premise of the show demands it. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "But that\u2019s just verbal jabber mixed with persuasion and cheerleading. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "Other studies on the subject of the marijuana munchies show that, in spite of all the jibber- jabber about health and wellness in the cannabis community, most cannabis users still want junk food when they are stoned. \u2014 Mike Adams, chicagotribune.com , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "Apparently, all this talk of darkness sprung from some jibber jabber about a solar eclipse. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 21 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1708, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English jaberen , of imitative origin":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ja-b\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "babble",
      "blab",
      "cackle",
      "chaffer",
      "chat",
      "chatter",
      "chin",
      "converse",
      "gab",
      "gabble",
      "gas",
      "jaw",
      "kibitz",
      "kibbitz",
      "natter",
      "palaver",
      "patter",
      "prate",
      "prattle",
      "rap",
      "rattle",
      "run on",
      "schmooze",
      "shmooze",
      "talk",
      "twitter",
      "visit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231442",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jabberer":{
    "antonyms":[
      "abracadabra",
      "babble",
      "blabber",
      "burble",
      "double Dutch",
      "double-talk",
      "drivel",
      "gabble",
      "gibber",
      "gibberish",
      "jabberwocky",
      "mumbo jumbo",
      "nonsense",
      "prattle",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": gibberish , chatter":[],
      ": to speak rapidly or indistinctly":[],
      ": to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They jabbered away for hours.",
      "She rushed into the room jabbering something about a dog.",
      "Noun",
      "to me the baby's speech was simply jabber , but his mother claimed to know exactly what he was saying",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Politicians and pundits spent the evening in those little boxes on TV, jabbering about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin \u2014 but Robert Mueller isn\u2019t one of them. \u2014 John Kass, Twin Cities , 28 July 2019",
      "But the sounds of residents enjoying the park during the performance also became part of the piece: jabbering boys with bikes; mothers with babies in strollers; toddlers who approached the singers to hear booming operatic tones close up. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2018",
      "On the hourlong ride home, Jadon played with a ball while big brother Aza jabbered for much of the time. \u2014 CNN , 7 Sep. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Ohio State strength coach Mickey Marotti is getting in on the jibber jabber with some Michigan staffers in this clip. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "To paint like that required a meditative focus that was miles from my own internal jabber . \u2014 Molly Crabapple, The New York Review of Books , 8 July 2021",
      "An older Black man perpetually annoyed by Sterling and Blair's jabber \u2014 particularly about the ups and downs of their romances \u2014 Bowser only takes on the underage twins as his prot\u00e9g\u00e9s because the premise of the show demands it. \u2014 Inkoo Kang, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Aug. 2020",
      "But that\u2019s just verbal jabber mixed with persuasion and cheerleading. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2020",
      "Other studies on the subject of the marijuana munchies show that, in spite of all the jibber- jabber about health and wellness in the cannabis community, most cannabis users still want junk food when they are stoned. \u2014 Mike Adams, chicagotribune.com , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "Apparently, all this talk of darkness sprung from some jibber jabber about a solar eclipse. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 21 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1708, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English jaberen , of imitative origin":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ja-b\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "babble",
      "blab",
      "cackle",
      "chaffer",
      "chat",
      "chatter",
      "chin",
      "converse",
      "gab",
      "gabble",
      "gas",
      "jaw",
      "kibitz",
      "kibbitz",
      "natter",
      "palaver",
      "patter",
      "prate",
      "prattle",
      "rap",
      "rattle",
      "run on",
      "schmooze",
      "shmooze",
      "talk",
      "twitter",
      "visit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200636",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jabberwocky":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": meaningless speech or writing":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "when he gets angry, he talks in a sort of agitated jabberwocky that is really quite comical"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1902, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Jabberwocky , nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ja-b\u0259r-\u02ccw\u00e4-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abracadabra",
      "babble",
      "blabber",
      "burble",
      "double Dutch",
      "double-talk",
      "drivel",
      "gabble",
      "gibber",
      "gibberish",
      "jabber",
      "mumbo jumbo",
      "nonsense",
      "prattle",
      "slobber"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005847",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}