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jabbier

jabbier is the comparative form of jabby.

Meaning of jabby

Adjective

jabby (comparative jabbier, superlative jabbiest)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Short yet vigorous and forceful.
    • Its tight, jabby songs, influenced equally by minimalist post-punk and sentimental white soul, end just when you think you’ve figured them out.2008 April 4, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times
  2. (figuratively, informal) Characterized by jab-like rhythms or actions.
    • Short, jabby movements of the knife.

Questions about jabbier

What is jabbier the comparative form of?
Jabbier is the comparative form of jabby.

Words near jabbier in the dictionary

  1. Jabberwock
  2. Jabberwockian
  3. jabberwockies
  4. jabberwocky
  5. jabbery
  6. jabbier
  7. jabbiest
  8. jabbing
  9. jabbingly
  10. jabbings
  11. jabble

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