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Meanings of jab in anglès
Sinònims
Examples for "thrust"
Examples for "thrust"
1
The essential thrust of the latest National Competitiveness Council report is clear.
2
Pressing his case now thrust the issue into the 2016 presidential campaign.
3
That is the fundamental thrust of a new Government report on retirement.
4
It is into this tense political situation that Eragon finds himself thrust.
5
Dear Jesse, Transforming laws has been a major thrust of feminist work.
1
I'd only been poking at it for 15 minutes when Molyneux called.
2
I yelled, dropping the lamp and poking him roughly in the ribs.
3
CJ had been poking around town, asking questions that shouldn't be asked.
4
Maybe Emma was asking too many questions, poking around too many places.
5
I would simply have to be very careful in my poking about.
1
Women balk, thrusting their children behind them; some try again to escape.
2
And alway it did search, thrusting in the eye-stalks among the boulders.
3
They were a stupendous coronet thrusting miles deep into the dazzling sky.
4
I said goodbye, thrusting out my stiffened arm in a regulation salute.
5
He never lifted the door-flap, but thrusting it aside entered slowly in.
1
Poppy had started using her pencil to poke holes in her paper.
2
Then they can poke out their long, sticky arms and snag food.
3
I gave him a fast hard poke that couldn't have felt good.
4
I read the letter and poke it into the stove, and proceed.
5
Kids at school and opposing sporting teams would 'poke' fun at me.
1
Summer rushed forward, but Meera blocked him, jabbing with the three-pronged spear.
2
Beira took the needle back in hand, jabbing it into the cloth.
3
Voilà, A can't find us. She started jabbing at the phone's screen.
4
Suddenly there was a sharp, jabbing pain and he woke up fully.
5
He was hefting his swizzlestick, so I edged out of jabbing range.
Usage of jab in anglès
1
Dr Murray said no-one was being forced to have the free jab.
2
I actually managed to block Zoya's first jab, but not the second.
3
As often transpires in these scenarios, a jab was delivered by reality.
4
At the time Drake had fired a jab at him years earlier.
5
Cameron heard footsteps shuffle closer, felt a jab in his left shoulder.
6
Williams received plenty of support from the sports world for her jab.
7
Mr Buttigieg reacted to the jab during several interviews on national television.
8
But the Rideout case was only one jab in a left-right combination.
9
Anyone who protested was given a sharp jab with a shock rod.
10
When I do, a poisoned needle is going to jab the point.
11
Tyson rammed home his first meaningful punch with a stiff left jab.
12
I came in with another jab and kept coming in after that.
13
A half-blind jab of his muzzle brought it tumbling to the ground.
14
His hand speed is amazing and he has such a fast jab.
15
I ignored his jab, and the strange look Thomas Metcalf gave me.
16
That's why I'm here. I jab my thumb in Bridger's general direction.
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Jab through the time
Jab across language varieties
Australia
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
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