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Sharp punch
Answer for the clue "Sharp punch ", 3 letters:
jab
Alternative clues for the word jab
Word definitions for jab in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN finger ▪ He saw Gazzer's fingers jab ferociously into Simon's face. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Connors jabbed his finger in the umpire's face. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I jab his fist, deflecting it as I shuffle back. ...
Usage examples of jab.
He opened and cleaned the wounds with something that felt like a wire brush, stitched them up neatly, covered them all with aluminium foil and bandage, fed me a variety of pills then, for good measure, jabbed me a couple of times with a hypodermic syringe.
She watched Aunty Em repairing shoes, repairing trousers, jabbing the needle so hard that she sometimes stabbed herself with it.
One of them was a short, plump man, who wept piteously and bewailed his fate, even though his elite guards jabbed him with their spears, urging him to put on a better face for the crowds.
Stone viciously jabbed the elevator button as Nazario gave Burch a soulful glance back over his shoulder.
The netman jabbed his trident at the staring eyeholes of the helmet before him, simultaneously making a high cast of the bunched net.
There would be no more feints and jabs, no more combinations and exchanges.
One of the mechanical hands slung beneath his floating cylinder suddenly jabbed toward Boba Fett, the metal shimmering with the fury of his accusation.
One of the other fosterlings jabbed Benis in the ribs, and the young man looked angrily about.
The shouting, cheering, screaming, howling broil of men swept over the gateless walls, their jabbing spears and dripping swords leaving red ruin behind them, while shrieking panic fled before them.
The better diet, a certain amount of booze, plus the geriatric jabs worked their wonders.
Tair traded jabs with the third selkie guarding the door, while Cheen and Hok worried the fourth guard with spear and knife.
Human taunters threw brogans and coins, jabbed at them with old hooly sticks, anything at all to tease the stabbing horns of the chained beasts.
Pericles said, and he jabbed a thick finger, first at Sheriff Huck, then at me.
They would not have plunged like that if you had not jabbed at them in such an idiotish fashion!
I read the gauge, squinted up at the sun, and then jabbed a finger on an isobar to one edge of the map.