poke around

phrasal verb

poked around; poking around; pokes around

informal

: to look around or search through something

He poked around in his closet for something to wear to the party.

—often used figuratively

I don't want you poking around in my personal life.

Examples of poke around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The room, woodsy and rustico, with checkerboard floors and occasional Scandi flourishes, feels built for living in and for poking around, a please-touch museum of artful objects and accents. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025

The rangers poked around camp with flashlights, striking up conversations with people still awake, and left. —Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025

Larry Suzuki, 78, was poking around Detroit with his wife of 54 years, who grew up in Garden City. —Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025

While Tranter’s poking around the deadly antique, a high-ranking police officer named Zuzana (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is focused on protecting the public. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for poke around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground