Collocations for rib - noun
ADJ.
bony, skinny | broken, bruised, cracked, fractured
He sustained a broken rib.
He sustained a broken rib.
VERB + RIB
break, crack, crush | dig sb in, nudge sb in, poke sb in, prod sb in
RIB + NOUN
cage | injury
PREP.
against the/your ~s, in the/your ~s
I woke him up with a poke in the ribs.
I woke him up with a poke in the ribs.