Synonyms of jabbing

jabbing 1 of 2

adjective

as in stabbing

Related Words

• stabbing
• scratching
• lacerating
• jagged
• piercing
• clawlike
• pointed
• knifelike
• spiky
• pointy
• cutting
• daggerlike
• ground
• edged
• sharpened
• trenchant
• honed
• edgy
• sharp
• keen
• stropped
• whetted

Dissimilar Words

• blunt
• dull
• smooth
• rounded
• soft
• obtuse
• blunted
• dulled
• flat
• even
• level
• slick

jabbing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of jab

as in puncturing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

jabbed a pickle and tossed it on the plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbing
• puncturing
• piercing
• picking
• sticking
• pecking
• spitting
• poking
• spearing
• punching
• impaling
• skewering
• lancing
• spiking
• harpooning
• slicing
• transfixing
• goring
• running through
• pinking
• transpiercing
• perforating
• pricking
• thrusting
• spindling
• cutting
• riddling
• bayoneting
• knifing
• quilling
• piking
• pronging
• gimleting
• pinpricking
• dirking
• poniarding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jabbing

Verb

The show ushered in a new era of winking, elbow-jabbing meta-musicals. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 26 June 2026

The audience groaned, while Vergara and Mel B screamed for Strange to stop jabbing at his partner through the box. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026

The threats just keep jabbing at America’s borders. — Donald G. McNeil Jr, Washington Post, 1 June 2026

The president has kept up his criticism of Leo, jabbing the pope in a May 4 interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on the eve of Rubio’s visit. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 6 May 2026

In the 10 months since, Colbert has not held back, regularly jabbing his network, its new owners’ cozy relationship with the president and reports that his show was hemorrhaging $40 million a year. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026

Another firefighter told investigators Lewin also choked the patient after jabbing his eyes. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026

For a piece in this week’s issue, Dhruv Khullar, a practicing physician and a contributing writer, investigated this growing industry, speaking to the doctors who are tinkering with compounds and the users gamely jabbing themselves in a quest for self-optimization. — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026

Where their debut roars, jabbing with hooks, Two Wheels Move the Soul instead inverts the noise until the sound becomes pillowy and comforting. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026