jab

IPA: dʒˈæb

A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
(boxing) A short straight punch.
(Britain) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation)
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
(US, figurative) A mild verbal insult.

Examples of "jab" in Sentences

A friendly political jab is a small price to pay to avoid a ticket.
Other infections which the injections guard against are MMR and the controversial cervical cancer jab, which is for girls only.
Moore's parting jab is that Goss granted the interview with Moore's producers without bothering to check who they were working for.
Besides the mandatory record label jab, all of Black Thought's punches are directed at himself, being a better man, seeking a stronger deity.
One problem with the jab is that in some Heartland cities – whose values Jamie is supposed to stand for – Ann Taylor stores are the most stylish in town.
But the Elián jab is more like a haymaker, replicating Alan Diaz's famous Associated Press photo of the closet invasion, with Yogi and BooBoo in the starring roles.
I am disappointed to see that negativity upheld by Non Sequitur, but I have to admit that jab is well deserved by the slobs who use the anonymity and remoteness of the field to conduct themselves poorly.
McMaster's jab is notable because the rest of the Republican candidates for governor – not wanting to be weighed down by the Sanford saga - have so far tread lightly when handling questions about the governor.
I must say, though, that Americans typically manage pronunciation of "un-Englished" words better than Australians do - and much better than most British speakers, many of whom will say "Poonjab" with a second syllable like the English word "jab", not with the more correct "jahb".