jab vs poking

jab

noun
  • A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion. 

  • A mild verbal insult. 

  • A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation) 

  • A short straight punch. 

  • A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection. 

verb
  • To give someone an injection 

  • To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion. 

  • To deliver a quick punch. 

poking

noun
  • The act by which something is poked. 

adj
  • drudging; servile 

How often have the words jab and poking occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )