jab (verb)
111left — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 side ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme, far ▪ My dad s in the front row, on the extreme left of the picture. ▪ bottom, top VERB + LEFT …
112measles — noun VERB + MEASLES ▪ have ▪ All our children have had the measles. ▪ catch, contract ▪ immunize sb against, vaccinate sb against …
113box — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chest, case, carton, container; coffin. See receptacle. v. fight, spar, come to blows. See contention. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. carton, crate, case, receptacle; see case 7 . • in a box*, Syn. in… …
114bump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. collide, knock, strike, hit. See impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A jarring collision] Syn. knock, bang, bounce, jounce, jar, box, smash, pat, crack, jolt, crash, sideswipe, collision, blow, punch, hit …
115butt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. target, goat, laughingstock; handle. See ridicule, end. v. abut; collide, strike. See impulse, contact. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The butt end] Syn. base, tail end, bottom, hilt, extremity, tail, tip,… …
116hit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, success, smash; favorite; popularity. v. strike, club, batter; touch, contact, reach, find; knock, smite; slang, bump off. See arrival, impulse, killing. II (Roget s IV) I modif. Syn. shot …
117inject — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. insert, introduce; wedge or force in; inoculate; intersperse, interject. See insertion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To introduce with a syringe] Syn. inoculate, vaccinate, shoot, jab, shoot up*,… …
118lick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. lap (up), tongue; dart across (see touch); informal, beat, thrash, flog; informal, overcome, defeat, rout. See impulse, punishment, success. n. lap, licking, sip, taste, sup; bit, jot, modicum; slang …
119peck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. nip, bite, pick, snip; tap, rap. See impulse, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A slight, sharp blow] Syn. pinch, tap, rap; see blow 1 . 2. [The impression made by a peck, sense 1] Syn. depression,… …
120penetrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bore, burrow, pierce, enter; cut, perforate; permeate, invade; discern, perceive, understand, uncover. See ingress, intelligence, passage, insertion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To pierce] Syn. bore,… …
