(v. t.) To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
(n.) A thrust or stab.
Example Sentences:
(1) When you’ve got a man with a longer jab, you can’t throw single shots.
(2) I haven't had the swine flu jab yet because I'm not in a risk group; but as soon as I can get it, I will.
(3) Simultaneous determination of antigliadin (AGA) and antiendomysium (EMA) levels, and gliadin and tissue absorption studies, showed that JAB and AGA are different, whereas JAB and EMA are probably identical.
(4) The peculiar, sharp, jabbing pain, which has been rarely reported at the onset of intracranial hemorrhage, was followed by acute elevation of blood pressure, arrhythmia, cardiac and respiratory arrests.
(5) From 2008 girls aged 12 and 13 have been offered jabs to protect themselves again the human papilloma virus , which causes most cases of cervical cancer.
(6) And while he got in a few jabs at Jeb Bush and rolled his eyes at the obligatory protesters who shouted “we loved veterans, Trump loves war,” it didn’t have the trademark fireworks of a Trump rally.
(7) Inviting him on while feinting and flicking out the jab.
(8) The government's advisers on vaccination are considering whether to recommend the move after health secretary Andrew Lansley asked them to investigate whether protection against flu should be offered to groups other than those who already get a free jab because they are defined as at-risk from the virus.
(9) Then Murray goes on the front foot, jabbing away a volley to make it 40-15, but Federer then wrong-foots his foe with a feathery forehand at the net to hold.
(10) Come the bell, the upstart nervelessly played it cool, almost a laughingly gay matador, his speed of hand and foot totally nullifying Liston’s wicked jab, the key to his armoury.
(11) she cried, jabbing the sculpture with a pole until it crumpled.
(12) At the Meadow Inn hotel, these statistics are embodied in a depressing tableau of punters slouched on stools, jabbing at flashing buttons.
(13) Body work is becoming my signature,” said Jack, whose output included 52 power punches and 26 jabs to the body.
(14) Tillerson’s counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, tweeted back a jab about the shadow of the Russia investigations hanging over the Trump presidency: “For their own sake, US officials should worry more about saving their own regime than changing Iran’s, where 75% of people just voted.” There is growing concern among US allies in Europe that the Trump administration has struck a posture towards Iran before deciding on a strategy for addressing its influence in the region, and anxiety that such posturing could become louder and more dangerous as Trump feels hemmed in by investigations into his campaign’s Russia links.
(15) In the pre-bout publicity, Field jabs: “A major aim of the work and pensions committee representatives will be to test how adequately both organisations have carried out their duties to help protect members’ pensions under the existing law, whether the existing law is inadequate and, if so, how should it be strengthened, or whether existing powers are adequate but were not fully exercised.” Seconds out.
(16) Otamendi has a habit of diving into challenges and Guardiola even gave his player a little jab in the ribs.
(17) However, he praised the former secretary of state’s support for the Iran deal and took a jab at Republican candidate and high school classmate Jeb Bush for drinking “neo-con kool aid” in saying on Thursday that removing Saddam Hussein from power was “a good deal”.
(18) Except for the night he cold-cocked Victor Ortiz, Mayweather has never been a committed one-shot closer (although Ricky Hatton might disagree), preferring attritional pain, and Alvarez seemed prepared to soak up the string of jabs in the eighth that lengthened the American's lead to uncatchable – except by knockout.
(19) Founded in the 1990s by Jimmy Choo, a Malaysian bespoke shoemaker, and the British designer Tamara Mellon, the firm went through the hands of several private equity firms before JAB bought the brand for more than £500m in 2011.
(20) The children, aged about 10 years old, had been given the first MMR jab but not all had the booster.
Jaw
Definition:
(n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
(n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
(n.) In the plural, the mouth.
(n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
(n.) A notch or opening.
(n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
(n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
(n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
(n.) Impudent or abusive talk.
(v. i.) To scold; to clamor.
(v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the effect of prior jaw motion and the effect of the recording site on the EMG amplitudes and on the vertical dimension of minimum EMG activity have not been documented.
(2) Radiologists may encounter patients with fixed dental prostheses that may produce image distortion on MRI scans of the face and jaw.
(3) Based on the findings of our recent longitudinal study on the abnormalities of the dentition in cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a hypothesis has been proposed, which makes it possible to predict time of onset of formation of supernumerary teeth and their location in the jaws.
(4) The EMG silent periods (SP) produced in the open-close-clench cycle and jaw-jerk reflex were compared for duration before and after treatment with an occlusal bite splint.
(5) In 12 patients with lower macrognathia we have applied a technique allowing to prevent the postsurgical recidives of the jaw deformation.
(6) At the end of treatment the sagittal jaw relationship was significantly improved.
(7) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
(8) Noxious conditioning stimulation of a tooth led to a temporary decrease of the threshold for the jaw-opening reflex elicited from a contralateral or adjacent tooth; only conditioning stimulation at an intensity producing a marked arousal reaction was effective in this respect.
(9) The observers assessed the panoramic and periapical radiographs of the teeth, which were evenly distributed throughout the jaws with a 50% probability that either an osteolytic or sclerotic lesion was present.
(10) The jaw deviated to the right when he opened his mouth fully.
(11) As an initial feasibility study of computer-controlled radiation therapy, its application to produce wedge-shaped dose distributions by moving the collimator jaws has been evaluated.
(12) It is important that the dentist knows about disturbances of blood coagulation during and after hemo-dialysis, so that he avoids administration of platelet-inhibiting medication like aspirin and that he recognizes radiologically visible signs of insufficient dialysis in the jaws.
(13) Experimentally induced tongue contact with a variety of solid surfaces during lapping (an activity involving accumulation of a liquid bolus in the valleculae) induced neither increased jaw opening nor the additional EMG pattern.
(14) Incisal occlusion was shown to have an important part to play in the amount and direction of jaw movement.
(15) Hemimasticatory spasm is a rare disorder of the trigeminal nerve that produces involuntary jaw closure due to paroxysmal unilateral contraction of jaw-closing muscles.
(16) When, against Real Madrid, Nani was sent off, Ferguson, jaws agape, interrupting his incessant mastication, roared from the bench, uprooting his assistant and marched to the touchline.
(17) It is also possible for patients with underlying psychosis to present first to the dental surgeon for jaw correction.
(18) A hypothesis is presented as to how certain occlusal relationships and habitual patterns of jaw use may predispose an individual to TMJ internal derangements.
(19) Lastly, the CVA indicated major differences across the genus to be located in the teeth and jaws, suggesting diet might be an important distinguishing feature in Colobus.
(20) Before and one, two, three, and seven days after the experiment, the following measures were made: (1) superficial masseter and anterior temporalis muscle tenderness (pain threshold), (2) jaw movement (opening and lateral excursion), and (3) current pain level for the right and left sides of the jaw.