Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
JABBING
jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting
(noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); “he warned me with a jab with his finger”; “he made a thrusting motion with his fist”
JAB
jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
(verb) poke or thrust abruptly; “he jabbed his finger into her ribs”
stab, jab
(verb) stab or pierce; “he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife”
jab
(verb) strike or punch with quick and short blows
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
jabbing
present participle of jab
Noun
jabbing (plural jabbings)
A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.
Source: Wiktionary
JAB
Jab, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Job.]
Definition: To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
Jab, n.
Definition: A thrust or stab. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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