Related Words for poke around

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poked
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Verb
browse
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Noun
nose around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
look round
//
Phrase, Verb
ask around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
putter around
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
mess around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
goof around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit the streets
/x/
Phrase, Verb
put out feelers
///x
Phrase, Verb
muck about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bounce around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lie around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
stumble on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
play around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grasp at straws
///
Phrase, Verb
fish out
//
Phrase, Verb
muck around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
potter around
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
toy with
//
Phrase, Verb
beat around the bush
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
stumble upon
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
screw around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take a turn
/x/
Phrase, Verb
walk the streets
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
happen on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
spin
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Noun
jostle
/x
Noun
rustle up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
rubber
/x
Noun
make noises
//x
Phrase, Verb
peek
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Noun
look through
//
Phrase, Verb
look around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
leave no stone unturned
//xx/
Phrase, Verb
chase down
//
Phrase, Verb
horse around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
feel out
//
Phrase, Verb
look for trouble
///x
Phrase, Verb
snoop
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Noun
play about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grab at
//
Phrase, Verb
caper
/x
Noun
drop by
//
Phrase, Verb
feel for
//
Phrase, Verb
stroll
/
Noun
goof off
/x
Phrase, Verb
hake
/
Noun
skim through
/x
Phrase, Verb
hang around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
swoop
/
Noun
track down
/x
Phrase, Verb
goof
/
Noun
prance
/
Noun
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pound the pavement
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
hang out
//
Phrase, Verb
chance
/
Noun
peck at
//
Phrase, Verb
play at
//
Phrase, Verb
grab
/
Noun
eat up
//
Phrase, Verb
thumb
/
Noun
ballpark
/x
Noun
dig in
/x
Phrase, Verb
get about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cop a feel
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come
/
Verb
kid around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
run across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
feel up
//
Phrase, Verb
mess with
//
Phrase, Verb
guess
/
Noun
look on
//
Phrase, Verb
mess about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
nonsense
/x
Noun
weed
/
Noun
fiddle around
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
run rampant
//x
Phrase, Verb
crap out
//
Phrase, Verb
brogue
/
Noun
touch up
//
Phrase, Verb
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
adjacent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
ail
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
any
/x
Adverb
anywhere
/xx
Adverb, Noun
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
asparagus
x/xx
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
axis
/x
Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backpack
/x
Noun, Verb
bag
/
Noun, Verb
beating
/x
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
beside
x/
Adverb
between
x/
Noun
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
biff
/
Name, Verb
blasted
/x
Adjective, Adverb
bleed
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bonnets
/x
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
bump
/
Noun, Verb
button
/x
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
carrier bag
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
center
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chestnut
/x
Noun, Adjective
chop
/
Noun, Verb
circa
/x
Noun
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
close to
//
Phrase, Adverb
concerning
x/x
Adjective, Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
coup
/
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dig
/
Verb, Noun
doggie bag
/x/
Phrase, Noun
doggy bag
/x/
Phrase, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drill
/
Noun, Verb
earth
/
Noun, Verb
easiest
/xx
Adjective
economical
xx/xx
Adjective
edge
/
Noun, Verb
effective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
environ
x/x
Name, Adverb, Verb
estimated
/xxx
Verb
everywhere
/xx
Adverb
excellent
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
exclaims
x/
Verb, Noun
extinguished
x/x
Adjective
filled
/
Adjective
flare
/
Noun, Verb
flick
/
Noun, Verb
for
/
Noun
foremost
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
from
/
Noun
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
getting
/x
Noun
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
grading
/x
Noun
grocery bag
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
gust
/
Noun, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hook
/
Noun, Verb
in
x
Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
inspect
x/
Verb
into
x/
Noun
jab
/
Noun, Verb
jolt
/
Noun, Verb
just about
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
kick
/
Verb, Noun
lashing
/x
Noun
lick
/
Verb, Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
mike
/
Name, Verb
moon
/
Noun, Verb
more or less
///
Phrase, Adverb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
nearby
//
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nearly
/x
Adverb
neck
/
Noun, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
nose
/
Noun, Verb
nudge
/
Noun, Verb
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
optimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
or so
//
Phrase, Adverb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
parry
/x
Noun, Verb
pat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
per
/
Adjective, Noun
perhaps
x/
Adverb, Noun
pierce
/
Noun, Verb
pinch
/
Noun, Verb
pocket
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pound
/
Noun, Verb
prick
/
Noun, Verb
probably
/xx
Adverb
probe
/
Noun, Verb
prod
/
Noun, Verb
provoke
x/
Verb
pry
/
Verb, Noun
punch
/
Noun, Verb
purse
/
Noun, Verb
rap
/
Noun, Verb
regarding
x/x
Noun
ride
/
Noun, Verb
robust
x/
Adjective
roughly
/x
Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sac
/
Noun, Verb
sack
/
Noun, Verb
satisfactory
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
shopping bag
/x/
Phrase, Noun
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shove
/
Verb, Noun
slap
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
smack
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
solving
/x
Noun
some
/
Adverb
sometime
/x
Adverb, Adjective
square
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
stab
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stake
/
Noun, Verb
straw
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
suck
/
Verb, Noun
surrounding
x/x
Noun
table
/x
Noun, Verb
talk
/
Verb, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
thrashing
/x
Noun
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
throughout
x/
Adverb
thrust
/
Noun, Verb
thump
/
Noun, Verb
tour
/
Noun, Verb
toward
x/
Adjective, Noun
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
town
/
Noun
trick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tug
/
Noun, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
unbeatable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upon
x/
vers
/
Noun, Adjective
via
/x
Noun
virtually
/xxx
Adverb
visit
/x
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
whack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
with
/
Adverb, Noun
within
x/
Adverb, Adjective
world
/
Noun, Verb
worms
/
Noun
wraparound
/x/
Noun, Adjective