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Nouns (6)

jab

n. a quick short straight punch

thrust, poke, jabbing, poking, thrusting

n. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

Verbs (6)

stab

v. stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

v. strike or punch with quick and short blows

poke, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (89)

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

nudge, prod, poke at

v. to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"

gore, horn, tusk

v. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

spike, transfix, impale, empale

v. pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

v. pierce with a spear; "spear fish"

dawdle, linger, move slowly, take one's time

v. take one's time; proceed slowly

delay, detain, hold up, cause to be late

v. cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle

v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

v. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

puncture, make a hole into

v. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"

sink, cause to sink

v. cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

v. make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"

v. cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

drag, trail, drop behind, hang back, get behind

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

v. walk without lifting the feet

v. advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

slog, plod, footslog

v. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

set off, instigate, incite, stir up

v. provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

flirt, romance, mash, coquette, chat up, dally, coquet, philander, talk amorously

v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

stray, sidetrack, digress, depart, straggle

v. wander from a direct or straight course

cue, prompt, remind

v. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

Synonyms (4)

poke into, meddle with, horn in, intrude into

v. enter briefly; "We poked into the bar"

Antonyms (0)

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