Synonyms for poking
pok·ing

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1. 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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1. • Gesture

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1. Michael Barton when:

   I was actually alerted when I heard the next-door neighbor, Chris, screaming - she is very frightened of snakes you see, we were a bit weary but something yesterday made me go out with a rod and start poking at everything looking for it. I think it was the birds, the pigeons I think they were making loads of noise and squawking. I knew something was down there. I just got a feeling that it was here.

2. Pete Buttigieg:

   This reminds everybody of what they can not stand about Washington, scoring points against each other, poking at each other, yeah, that's called the Democratic primary election, Pete.

3. Amanda Rodriguez:

   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.

4. Mizuho Bank:

   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.

5. Seth Dillon:

   We don’t concede for a moment that we are speaking hate speech here, we’re punching back, not down, and we’re poking holes in the popular narrative.