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Jab vs Elbow - What's the difference?

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Jab is a synonym of elbow.


As nouns the difference between jab and elbow

is that jab is a quick stab or blow while elbow is the joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

As verbs the difference between jab and elbow

is that jab is to poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion while elbow is to push with the elbow; to jostle or force.

jab

English

(wikipedia jab)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick stab or blow
  • (boxing) A short straight punch.
  • * '>citation
    • American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.
  • (British) A medical injection.
    • Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs .
  • (US, figurative) A verbal annoyance.

    • Derived terms

    * jabby

    Verb

    (jabb)
  • To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
  • To deliver a quick punch.
  • (slang, UK) To give someone an injection

    • elbow

    English

    (wikipedia elbow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
  • * (fl.c.1260-c.1300)
  • *:her arms to the elbows naked
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
  • :
  • A detective.
  • *1924 , (Dashiell Hammett), "Zigzags of Treachery":
  • *:"An elbow , huh?" putting all the contempt he could in his voice; and somehow any synonym for detective seems able to hold a lot of contempt.
  • (lb) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.Newell, Pete; Nater, Swen (2008). Pete Newell's Playing Big] . Human Kinetics. p.26: [[Special:BookSources/9780736068093, ISBN 9780736068093]. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

    • Derived terms

    * elbow bone * elbow grease * elbow juice * elbow room * give someone the elbow * more power to your elbow * rub elbows

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push with the elbow; to jostle or force.
    • He elbowed his way through the crowd.

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    References

    English refractory feminine rhymes