jab

• vt. 突く；突き刺す；火かき棒などで刺す。
• vi. 突く；突く；拳で突く
• n. 突く；突く；注射する

スコットランドのjob spellingの変化形、jab、poke、stabから、おそらく擬音語から。

jab (v.)

1825, "to thrust with a point," Scottish variant of job "to strike, pierce, thrust," from Middle English jobben "to jab, thrust, peck" (late 15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jabbed; jabbing.

jab (n.)

1825, from jab (v.). Meaning "a punch with the fist" is from 1889. Sense of "injection with a hypodermic needle," beloved by headline writers, is from 1914.

1. He neatly fended off a jab at his chest.

彼は胸の一撃をてきぱきと防いだ。

2.Be careful！Don 't jab his eye out with your bamboo pole.気をつけて！あなたの竹ざおは彼の目をつついてはいけない。

3.He got jab bed in the lower part of his chest.

彼の下胸は刺されている。

4.The boy received a jab .

子供に注射を打った。

5.He saw her jab her thumb on a red button-a panic button.

彼は彼女が親指で赤いボタン、非常呼び出しボタンを押したのを見た。