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jab

verb

1 he jabbed the man twice in the ribs | he jabbed his forefinger at Melanie:

poke, prod, dig, nudge, tap, butt, ram, elbow, shove, punch, jolt;

prick;

thrust, stab, push, plunge, stick, insert, drive, lunge.

2 British they can be jabbed at one of their local vaccination centres:

vaccinate, inoculate, immunize, inject, give someone a shot;

protect, shield, safeguard;

British give someone a jab.

noun

1 he gave me a jab in my ribs with his rifle butt:

poke, prod, dig, nudge, tap, butt, elbow, shove, punch, jolt;

prick;

thrust, stab, push, plunge, drive, lunge.

2 British nearly 146,000 people received the jab on Monday alone:

vaccination, vaccine, inoculation, immunization, shot, injection, booster.

jab Oxford Dictionary of English