poking

Speech parts

1. poking - Noun

2. poking - Adjective

3. poking - Verb

Meaning

of Poke

Drudging; servile.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

thrust thrusting poke jab jabbing slow nose stick hitting pushing pound deliberate dig dragging sticking
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Antonyms

dizzy FAST flying lightning alert forbidding
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Hypernyms

gesture

Phrases with the word

you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire poking fun poking around stop poking one's nose in stop poking one's nose into

Anagrams

gopnik

Examples

he warned me with a jab with his finger Source: Internet

he made a thrusting motion with his fist Source: Internet

Amnesty India’s report had cited a viral video in which alleged Delhi police officers can be seen kicking and hitting a group of five wounded men, poking them with rifles, and asking them sing the national anthem on February 24. Source: Internet

And poking fun at cheery celebs’s more wholesome offerings, comedian Alan Carr invited fans to join him for a “live colonic” online. Source: Internet

Brehm describes how Colbert walks a tightrope of poking fun without deriding the church he loves. Source: Internet

Charlie Mills said he was awake and looking out the picture window of his house on Loiint Lookout Road at about 6:45 a.m. That gave him a perfect view when a tree fell on his roof, poking a hole in it. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pokiest pokily pokiness poking around poking fun poking-stick