Poke

//poʊk//

Synonyms for "poke" (552 found)

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Closest matches (111)

Strong matches (165)

diddle dig dilly dillydally dimwit dint dip dogtrot dolt doodle dope drag drag along drag out drive drub drubbing drumming dumbbell elbow

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Verb(54 words)

diddle dig dig out dight do doink drill eff enjoy expletive deleted feague feel around fill fish forage formal terms frack frak frick frig

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Noun(7 words)

drone garget ice cream cone jab jabbing laggard lagger

Related words (276)

lallygag lash lash out at laze leer let drive at let fly at let have it lick limp linger loiter lollygag look around look round look through lunge at make a sign make fun of manipulate

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marker beacon meddle mock money belt money clip moron mosey mouse mull needle nod nose nose around nudge overhang palm palpate parachute flare paste paw pelt piddle pile drive pilot flag plunk ply pocket pocketbook poke along poke around poke at poke fun at pokeweed pokey police whistle porte-monnaie pouch pound pout press pressure prick probe procrastinate prod project protrude provoke purse strings push put off quarantine flag quicken radio beacon raise a cry ram ram down rap rattle red flag red light research rib ridicule rocket roman candle root rouse rummage run run against sac sailing aid salute saunter search search through semaphore semaphore flag semaphore telegraph send up shake shoulder shove shuffle along sign signal signal beacon signal bell signal fire signal flag signal gong signal gun signal lamp signal light signal mast signal post signal rocket signal shot signal siren signal tower signalize slam slap slog slug smack smash smell around smite snap snook snoop soak sock sound an alarm sound the trumpet spank spar buoy speak spur stab stagger along stand out stick stick out stimulate sting stop light stress strike strike at strike out at stroke stroll swat swing swing at swing on swipe tamp tamper tap tarry tattoo taunt tease the nod the wink thrust thrust at thumb thwack toddle toddle along totter totter along touch traffic light traffic signal trail traipse twiddle twit unfurl a flag waddle walk wallet wallop watch fire wave wave a flag wave the hand weed whack wham whip white flag whop wield wigwag wigwag flag wink worm worm along yank someone's chain yellow flag yerk

Verb(51 words)

lambaste lay lie by lie with love love up make mount nail nose occupy penetrate plough plug pork prig prod pry pump ravage

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ream rock roger run through rut sard schlong scrabble scramble screw season seduce see to service shaft shag shelve slay sleep with slip it to smash smush stab stallionize swive take tap thump tup wap yank someone's chain

Noun(17 words)

lick paper bag phytolacca americana pigeon berry pocan poke salad poke sleeve poking punch red nightshade sack scoke slug the list at pokeweed thrust thrusting trailer

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

21 entries

agitate bag blow bum commove disturb do-nothing gesture hit idler layabout loafer look pierce pokeweed raise up

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Synonyms

10 entries

dawdler horse power jab pokeweed pry punch purse sack stir thump

Related terms

2 entries

ceviche crudo

coordinate

1 entries

peek

derived

46 entries

better than a poke in the eye better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick blow poke buy a pig in a poke cowpoke gunpoke holy poke killer poke meal-poke more than one can poke a stick at nose poke pig in a poke pocket

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

pocan pocket

has context

9 entries

computing dialectal hawaii internet northern ireland regional scotland slang us

is a

1 entries

pokeweed

manner of

2 entries

agitate pierce

related to

33 entries

address animal bag cheat dawdler device fence gore herb ice cream cone jab lazy memory notify pocket poke sleeve

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Translations

96 translations across 45 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

pook verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
por verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
uitsteek verb (to stick out the tongue)

Aleut

1 entries

chuhnil verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Arabic

1 entries

خَزَّ verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Assamese

1 entries

খুচৰ verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Bashkir

2 entries

болғау verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
төртөү verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Bulgarian

4 entries

кеси́я noun (sack or bag)
торба́ noun (sack or bag)
мушкам verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
разбърквам verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

acchiccare verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

刺 verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
戳 verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
捅 verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Czech

1 entries

prohrábnout verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Dutch

3 entries

opporren verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
poken verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
porren verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Esperanto

1 entries

punkttuŝi verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Finnish

4 entries

pussi noun (sack or bag)
säkki noun (sack or bag)
kirjoittaa verb (computing: to modify the value stored in a memory address)
kohentaa verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

French

2 entries

attiser verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
piquer verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Galician

4 entries

atizar verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
chuzar verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
escallar verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
fochicar verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Gallurese

1 entries

abbruncà verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

German

4 entries

Sack noun (sack or bag)
anstupsen verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
anstupsen verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
poken verb (computing: to modify the value stored in a memory address)

Hindi

1 entries

उंगली करना verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Irish

1 entries

rúisc verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Italian

4 entries

attizzare verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
ficcare verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
pungolare verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
spronare verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries

jook verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Japanese

2 entries

突く verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
突く verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Khmer

1 entries

ចាក់ verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Latin

1 entries

fodicō verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Malayalam

1 entries

കുത്തുക verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Māori

3 entries

tīkapekape verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
tīkapekape verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
whātero verb (to stick out the tongue)

Nigerian Pidgin

1 entries

chook verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Norwegian

4 entries

geipe verb (to stick out the tongue)
nøre verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
pirke verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
stikke verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

دورتمك verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
پرمقلمق verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Persian

1 entries

سک زدن verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Polish

1 entries

dźgnąć verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Portuguese

3 entries

poke noun (Hawaiian sea food dish)
atiçar verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
cutucar verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Quechua

1 entries

achiy verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Russian

4 entries

меша́ть verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
сова́ть verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
су́нуть verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
ткнуть verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Santali

1 entries

ᱨᱳᱜ verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Sardinian

1 entries

acchiccare verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Sassarese

1 entries

attitzà verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Spanish

4 entries

piquete noun (a prod, jab, or thrust)
atizar verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)
hincar verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
hurgar verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Swahili

1 entries

sukuma verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Swedish

2 entries

peta verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
peta verb (to stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning)

Tagalog

1 entries

sundot verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Telugu

2 entries

దూర్చు verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)
పొడుచు verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Turkish

1 entries

dürtmek verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chọc verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Yiddish

1 entries

שטורכען verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Zyphe

1 entries

dong verb (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick)

Sample sentences

50 total sentences available.

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I bought a pig in a poke yesterday.

Source: tatoeba (244541)

I don't mean to poke my nose into your affairs.

Source: tatoeba (252804)

Don't poke fun at foreigners.

Source: tatoeba (450317)

Yesterday I bought a pig in a poke.

Source: tatoeba (749791)

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