Jabbu: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jabbu (ಜಬ್ಬು):—

1) [verb] to crush or grind with the teeth; to chew; to masticate.

2) [verb] to draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips, cheeks, and tongue; to suck.

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Jabbu (ಜಬ್ಬು):—

1) [verb] to snub another down with movement of one’s eyes or brows.

2) [verb] to express one’s feelings, sentiments moving one’s eye-brows.

3) [verb] to tend, curl one’s moustaches.

4) [verb] to beat or strike heavily with the fist, stick, etc.

5) [verb] to throw, hurl (something) away or out.

6) [verb] to treat (another) contemptuously; to look down; to slight.

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Jabbu (ಜಬ್ಬು):—[noun] a man who is feeble and infirm from old age.

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Jabbu (ಜಬ್ಬು):—

1) [noun] the act of reprimanding, scolding, chiding, etc.

2) [noun] a moving of one’s eyebrows expressing or conveying a feeling or sentiment, as in dance.

3) [noun] the quality of being overbearing, arrogant or domineering; imperiousness.

4) [noun] ostentatious show to impress others.

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Jabbu (ಜಬ್ಬು):—[noun] an inflamed spots or blister on the skin as in the case of leprosy.

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Jabbu (ಜಬ್ಬು):—[noun] a small contrivance by which the tonal qualities of a vīṇe string can be adjusted.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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