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Synonyms for poking
pok·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
jab, 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, poke, paper bag, lagger, biff, pigeon berry, thrusting, jab, drone, trailer, laggard, scoke, push
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#737 | drive | |
#3587 | push | |
#3903 | trailer | |
#7788 | dig | |
#8114 | punch | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#12751 | lick | |
#15199 | sack | |
#19589 | slug | |
#19711 | stab | |
#20854 | poke | |
#31630 | jab | |
#31696 | drone | |
#31869 | poking | |
#34187 | clout | |
#44867 | biff | |
#47316 | thrusting | |
#148156 | jabbing | |
#155334 | laggard | |
#328722 | lagger |
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They're half-hearted moves in Asia ... nothing that smacks of conviction really, there are some questions about what exactly triggered this turnaround (on Wall Street). It wasn't as if the sun came poking out and it's all blue skies.
If they're spoofing you, poking fun at you or mentioning you it's because you're part of American pop culture, and that's a good thing, I think.
We walked away from the draft of that treaty giving a win to Iran, our sworn enemy, iran, who immediately after the deal was struck, started mocking us and poking us and saying yes, of course we're going to violate it. Thanks for freeing up $150 billion, America, too.
I began to feel uncomfortable being naked in front of them because of the questions and the poking and prodding and search for Mommy's 'inside penis' -- that's what they thought a vagina was, i don't think it makes them terrible people or scars them for life if they stumble into the bathroom while I'm going, but it's easily avoidable awkwardness none of us really needs to experience on a daily basis.
If somebody takes a poke at Jeb Bush we’re capable of poking back.
Translations for poking
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- piszkálásHungarian
- menusukIndonesian
- frugandoItalian
- cutucandoPortuguese
- గుచ్చుకోవడంTelugu
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