Converse of object

• throw: In the first 10 minutes, the teams resembled two boxers easing their way into a fight, throwing long-range jabs.

• get: I've been told to get a flu jab.

• receive: We estimate that 1.2 million of these patients received the jab.

• give: Most GPs can't give this jab - you have to go to a designated yellow fever clinic.

• have: The national average for NHS staff having the flu jab is just 16 per cent.

• offer: The NHS offers flu jabs free of charge to everyone with diabetes.

Adjective modifier

• sharp: Bites: - In most cases a sharp jab is felt where the insect has bitten.

• free: All of these people are entitled to a free flu jab from their local GP.

• left: Prescott's left jab, ' punches ' labor UP the polls!

• quick: It was followed by a quick jab with a needle.

• annual: These groups in particular should make an appointment with their GP for their free annual flu jab.

• single: I have 5 kids, two eldest had single jabs, number 3 got full MMR, youngest two started on single vaccinations.

Modifies a noun

• cross: I had him jabbing, double jab, jab cross, jab cross slip.

Noun used with modifier

• flu: How does the flu jab get created each year?

• tetanus: Make sure your tetanus jabs are up to date.

• 'flu: Please DO NOT make a separate appointment for your 'flu jab.

• booster: The cats have been with us for almost two weeks now, punctuated last Tuesday by a return to the Center for booster jabs.

• rabies: I had to get a passport and have a rabies jab ( ouch!

• travel: My sis is getting married next year - possibly in Sri Lanka - and I wondered about the possibility of travel jabs.