Jab and Touch

Jab

Jab noun - The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow.

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Touch and jab are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Touch" instead the word "Jab" as a verb or a noun.

Touch noun - The state or fact of being able to exchange information regarding one's current situation.

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Jab and touch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jab" instead the word "Touch" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: touched, touchy, touching, toucher, touchable

good	good jab	good touch
gentle	gentle jab	gentle touch
soft	soft jab	soft touch
nice	nice jab	nice touch
Other adjectives: special, similar, direct, mild, light, single, simple, small, little, slight, subtle, deliberate, final, mere, casual, extra, additional, occasional.

jab someone

touch someone

In Osmosis Jones, Thrax tries to jab a prone Jones in the chest with his lethal-touch fingers, only to find he's stuck his nails into the floor underneath him.

Source: Torso with a View
The earliest mention on The Simpsons is "When Flanders Failed", where Bart references a move in the arcade game to cover having ditched karate lessons he was forced to attend: the Touch of Death, where one person rips out the other person's heart in a single jab.

Source: Beat Still, My Heart

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