Jab vs Jabber - What's the difference?
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A quick stab or blow
(boxing) A short straight punch.
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(British) A medical injection.
(US, figurative) A verbal annoyance.
To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
To deliver a quick punch.
(slang, UK) To give someone an injection
(label) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
(label) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.
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, title= Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
As nouns the difference between jab and jabber
is that jab is a quick stab or blow while jabber is rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.As verbs the difference between jab and jabber
is that jab is to poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion while jabber is (label) to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.jab
English
(wikipedia jab)Noun
(en noun)- American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.
- Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs .
Derived terms
* jabbyVerb
(jabb)jabber
English
Verb
(en verb)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.}}
Noun
(-)- (Jonathan Swift)