jabbing
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
jabbing
- present participle and gerund of jab
Noun edit
jabbing (plural jabbings)
- A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
- This […] evoked a new disorder — a tendency to sudden, tic-like jabbings and swattings in the air, as if she were fending off flies or mosquitoes.