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Meanings of
poking
in English
Portuguese
injecção
Catalan
empenta
Spanish
amenazador
Back to the meaning
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
thrust
thrusting
poke
jab
jabbing
Portuguese
injecção
Synonyms
Examples for "
thrust
"
thrust
thrusting
poke
jab
jabbing
Examples for "
thrust
"
1
The essential
thrust
of the latest National Competitiveness Council report is clear.
2
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.
1
Women balk,
thrusting
their children behind them; some try again to escape.
2
And alway it did search,
thrusting
in the eye-stalks among the boulders.
3
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.
1
Poppy had started using her pencil to
poke
holes in her paper.
2
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.
4
I read the letter and
poke
it into the stove, and proceed.
5
Kids at school and opposing sporting teams would
'
poke
'
fun at me.
1
Dr Murray said no-one was being forced to have the free
jab
.
2
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.
4
At the time Drake had fired a
jab
at him years earlier.
5
Cameron heard footsteps shuffle closer, felt a
jab
in his left shoulder.
1
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.
3
Voilà, A can't find us. She started
jabbing
at the phone's screen.
4
Suddenly there was a sharp,
jabbing
pain and he woke up fully.
5
He was hefting his swizzlestick, so I edged out of
jabbing
range.
Usage of
poking
in English
1
I'd only been
poking
at it for 15 minutes when Molyneux called.
2
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.
4
Maybe Emma was asking too many questions,
poking
around too many places.
5
I would simply have to be very careful in my
poking
about.
6
First, it took thirty minutes of Alliana's
poking
to wake it up.
7
An old steer was
poking
his head in at the kitchen window.
8
Great humble-bees haunted the walls, and were
poking
about in them constantly.
9
She'd grown up
poking
into every building and warehouse in the city.
10
Five months after it happened, and you're still
poking
around in it.
11
There was indeed a small patch of earth
poking
through the cement.
12
Alec was enjoying the humour of
poking
up the giant of conventionality.
13
Last month it released a TV advert
poking
fun at the incident.
14
He was
poking
eagerly in a pile of charred paper and linen.
15
Saturday Night Live wasted no time in
poking
fun at Kanye West.
16
Especially when you're going to go
poking
around in somebody's private office.
Other examples for "poking"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
poking
poke
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
poke out
poke around
poke fun
poke the fire
poke holes
More collocations
Translations for
poking
Portuguese
injecção
Catalan
empenta
colzada
Spanish
amenazador
codazo
movimiento brusco
golpe
empuje
empujón
que pincha
Poking
through the time
Poking
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common