(~s, ~bing, ~bed)
1.
If you ~ one thing into another, you push it there with a quick, sudden movement and with a lot of force.
He saw her ~ her thumb on a red button–a panic button...
A needle was ~bed into the baby’s arm...
Stern ~bed at me with his glasses...
= stab
VERB: V n prep, be V-ed into n, V at n
2.
A ~ is a sudden, sharp punch.
He was simply too powerful for his opponent, rocking him with a steady supply of left ~s.
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3.
A ~ is an injection of something into your blood to prevent illness. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...painful anti malaria ~s.
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