Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  During the war council, Ravana took frequent jabs at Rama, calling him a mere mortal and a pathetic pauper at that.

Mahabharata: Karna was painfully aware that many rulers still took jabs at him by calling him Sutaputra or just a Suta, referring to his inferior birth in the family of Sutas.

Bhagavad-gita:  Austerity of speech means to resist the temptation of taking jabs at others and learning to speak sensitively and pleasingly.