I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
finger
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He saw Gazzer's fingers jab ferociously into Simon's face.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Connors jabbed his finger in the umpire's face.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I jab his fist, deflecting it as I shuffle back.
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I jab smartly, snapping out into his unsuspecting face and make solid contact against his nose.
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Occasionally he would jab futilely at a passing luminous trail.
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Selecting a clear-looking spot she jabbed the fork into the earth and stood on the crossbar.
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The beat drops and Sister Souljah marches on, up and down the stage, jabbing at the audience with her finger.
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Uh, jabbed myself on the corner, jabbed myself with the corner.
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Your friend jabs his spear right at it, but he misses and the fish swims away.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
left
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His left jab might have been the cleanest scoring punch of the entire championships.
■ VERB
take
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Council members took jabs and butted heads and bit off ears, figuratively speaking.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A combination of pressure from civil libertarians and right-wing militias, interesting left-right jabs....
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Council members took jabs and butted heads and bit off ears, figuratively speaking.
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Eventually she manages to deliver a particularly nasty jab and he goes up.
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He puts you to sleep with those little jabs.
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Me thinking I'd probably got some filthy fever in spite of the jabs.
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The other clawed into it, mercilessly pecking while its prey squawked with weakening jabs of its beak.
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When the war ended he sought me out to offer me choice of jabs.