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Meanings of poke in anglès
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.
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Examples for "thrust"
Examples for "thrust"
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The essential thrust of the latest National Competitiveness Council report is clear.
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Pressing his case now thrust the issue into the 2016 presidential campaign.
3
That is the fundamental thrust of a new Government report on retirement.
4
It is into this tense political situation that Eragon finds himself thrust.
5
Dear Jesse, Transforming laws has been a major thrust of feminist work.
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I'd only been poking at it for 15 minutes when Molyneux called.
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I yelled, dropping the lamp and poking him roughly in the ribs.
3
CJ had been poking around town, asking questions that shouldn't be asked.
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Maybe Emma was asking too many questions, poking around too many places.
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I would simply have to be very careful in my poking about.
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Women balk, thrusting their children behind them; some try again to escape.
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And alway it did search, thrusting in the eye-stalks among the boulders.
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They were a stupendous coronet thrusting miles deep into the dazzling sky.
4
I said goodbye, thrusting out my stiffened arm in a regulation salute.
5
He never lifted the door-flap, but thrusting it aside entered slowly in.
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Dr Murray said no-one was being forced to have the free jab.
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I actually managed to block Zoya's first jab, but not the second.
3
As often transpires in these scenarios, a jab was delivered by reality.
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At the time Drake had fired a jab at him years earlier.
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Cameron heard footsteps shuffle closer, felt a jab in his left shoulder.
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Summer rushed forward, but Meera blocked him, jabbing with the three-pronged spear.
2
Beira took the needle back in hand, jabbing it into the cloth.
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Voilà, A can't find us. She started jabbing at the phone's screen.
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Suddenly there was a sharp, jabbing pain and he woke up fully.
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He was hefting his swizzlestick, so I edged out of jabbing range.
Usage of poke in anglès
1
Poppy had started using her pencil to poke holes in her paper.
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Then they can poke out their long, sticky arms and snag food.
3
I gave him a fast hard poke that couldn't have felt good.
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I read the letter and poke it into the stove, and proceed.
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Kids at school and opposing sporting teams would 'poke' fun at me.
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If a poke-your-nose-in said anything about it, Madeleine answered, We get along.
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If you're high, I'll give you the money and forget the poke.
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Well, I was mad enough to poke that sergeant in the eye.
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But the man would not poke into that fire; nobody suspected him.
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Beauchamp was not insensible to the slyness of the poke at him.
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If he jumps for you, poke the old gun in his face.
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There's nothing Grady loves better than a patient to poke and prod.
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It would be mighty awkward to poke into any of the others.
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Sitting by his side is a brown-eyed maid in a poke bonnet.
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To make the taco hold together, poke a toothpick through the middle.
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The fire had burned low, and no one stirred to poke it.
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Translations for poke
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Poke through the time
Poke across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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