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Synonyms for poke
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Princeton's WordNet
poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke, Phytolacca americananoun
tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
Synonyms:
jabbing, punch, clout, garget, carrier bag, sack, thrust, slug, dawdler, lick, paper bag, lagger, biff, pigeon berry, thrusting, jab, drone, trailer, laggard, scoke, pokingdawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, pokenoun
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Synonyms:
bourdon, monotone, punch, prevue, pigeon berry, house trailer, garget, scoke, sack, thrust, carrier bag, clout, slug, dawdler, lick, drone pipe, paper bag, pilotless aircraft, biff, lagger, thrusting, droning, jab, drone, trailer, radio-controlled aircraft, laggard, jabbing, poking, previewsack, poke, paper bag, carrier bagnoun
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
Synonyms:
pocket, paper bag, lagger, firing, thrust, sack, scoke, release, carrier bag, jab, sacking, laggard, lick, chemise, clout, drone, sacque, hammock, trailer, slug, dismissal, punch, jabbing, pigeon berry, liberation, biff, sac, dawdler, shift, pouch, dismission, thrusting, discharge, poking, garget, sackfuljab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrustingnoun
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
"he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
Synonyms:
jabbing, punch, stab, dig, drive, clout, garget, thrust, sack, driving force, carrier bag, knife thrust, slug, dawdler, lick, paper bag, lagger, biff, pigeon berry, thrusting, jab, drone, trailer, laggard, scoke, push, pokingpunch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugverb
(boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a clout on his nose"
Synonyms:
jabbing, punch, type slug, pigeon berry, clout, jab, garget, carrier bag, sack, thrust, bullet, salt lick, slug, dawdler, lick, pull, paper bag, lagger, biff, clout nail, thrusting, sluggard, puncher, drone, trailer, lap, laggard, scoke, pokingjab, prod, stab, poke, digverb
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
Synonyms:
compass, nose, incite, toil, pry, grind, dig, drudge, moil, dig up, jab, horn in, delve, nudge, grasp, prod, egg on, thump, cut into, knife, travail, labour, get the picture, hollow, stab, apprehend, pound, comprehend, turn over, excavate, savvy, labor, grok, intrude, poke at, dig outintrude, horn in, pry, nose, pokeverb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
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stab, nuzzle, dig, horn in, intrude, prize, jab, nose, pry, wind, lever, obtrude, trespass, irrupt, thump, scent, jimmy, prise, prod, poundpokeverb
stir by poking
"poke the embers in the fireplace"
Synonyms:
dig, intrude, nose, pry, prod, stab, pound, thump, horn in, jabthump, pound, pokeverb
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
"the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
Synonyms:
stab, horn in, prod, dig, intrude, beat, ram down, thud, lumber, pound, impound, nose, pound up, pry, thump, jab, ram, pound offpokeverb
make a hole by poking
Synonyms:
dig, intrude, nose, pry, prod, stab, pound, thump, horn in, jab
Editors Contribution
obstrude
become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way
Submitted by @Muskan on December 28, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pokenoun
pokenoun
Synonyms:
(Bot.) garget, pigeon-berry, poke-weed (phytolacca decandra)pokeverb
Synonyms:
grope, feel one's way
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
poke
Synonyms:
Pokeweed, see there, Phytolacca americana
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#737 | drive | |
#1899 | wind | |
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#2137 | labor | |
#2805 | preview | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3213 | ram | |
#3526 | labour | |
#3587 | push | |
#3711 | shift | |
#3810 | pull | |
#3903 | trailer | |
#4300 | prize | |
#4910 | pound | |
#5065 | jimmy | |
#5631 | knife | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#5959 | nose | |
#7679 | bullet | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8114 | punch | |
#8608 | lap | |
#9566 | hollow | |
#10647 | compass | |
#11298 | firing | |
#11552 | pouch | |
#11626 | liberation | |
#11642 | lumber | |
#11945 | sac | |
#12422 | lever | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#12576 | prod | |
#12751 | lick | |
#13121 | scent | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#13468 | savvy | |
#14057 | dismissal | |
#15199 | sack | |
#15427 | grind | |
#19589 | slug | |
#19711 | stab | |
#20854 | poke | |
#21181 | comprehend | |
#21524 | monotone | |
#22911 | hammock | |
#25036 | drudge | |
#27183 | nudge | |
#29951 | travail | |
#31630 | jab | |
#31696 | drone | |
#31869 | poking | |
#33365 | trespass | |
#34141 | delve | |
#34187 | clout | |
#35150 | toil | |
#41272 | chemise | |
#41588 | thump | |
#42683 | incite | |
#42756 | pry | |
#44867 | biff | |
#45397 | thud | |
#47316 | thrusting | |
#50952 | prise | |
#53441 | apprehend | |
#58820 | intrude | |
#64307 | grok | |
#66000 | sacking | |
#73203 | impound | |
#76481 | excavate | |
#94007 | bourdon | |
#94698 | droning | |
#108360 | puncher | |
#148156 | jabbing | |
#155334 | laggard | |
#192719 | prevue | |
#200615 | nuzzle | |
#239454 | moil | |
#276449 | sluggard | |
#328722 | lagger |
How to use poke in a sentence?
I feel like we need more of a sense of unity and, and no antagonism on this issue at all, and I don't feel I see that being fostered. We have to come together as a people and we need a leader that's going to help us do that, not poke the bear.
I hear a knock... so I get up and open the door. I poke my head around the corner and then there's a camera behind( my daughter), camera behind that camera man... I'm like what the heck is going on ? i didn't add two and two together until they told me it was mine and even then I didn't believe it.
Branden Pinder just made a mistake with a fastball, i felt like it was right down the middle, and on a 1-2 count, I'm looking for an extra-base hit. I'm not trying to poke a single to the right side in that situation. I need to get on second.
Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes in it to drain it dry.
We might poke the bear !
Translations for poke
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- نكزArabic
- prohrábnoutCzech
- Sack, anstupsen, schüren, stochernGerman
- hurgarSpanish
- tökkiä, kohentaa, t, säkki, pussi, tökätä, sorkkiaFinnish
- piquer, attiserFrench
- उंगली करनाHindi
- pungolare, attizzare, ficcare, spronareItalian
- つつく, 突くJapanese
- poken, porren, opporrenDutch
- pirke, stikke, nøreNorwegian
- dźgnąćPolish
- cutucarPortuguese
- мешать, сунуть, ткнуть, тыкать, совать, шуроватьRussian
- petaSwedish
- ஷீட்களைTamil
- 戳Chinese
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