jab
verb (used with object)
to poke, or thrust abruptly or sharply, as with the end or point of a stick or with the finger or elbow.
has been jabbing
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present perfect progressiveof jab (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Even their director, Alexander Hamilton, who has been jabbing multipart harmonies at them in a loose-limbed, angular dance all evening, just sits down and cheers Franklin on.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019
Ever since becoming G.O.P. chairman last June, Miller, a ten-year Congressman from upstate New York, has been jabbing away at the opposition.
From Time Magazine Archive
