poke

dab, dig, jab, lunge

bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

affront, barb, brickbat, cut, dart, dig, dis (also diss) [slang], epithet, gird, indignity, insult, name, offense (or offence), outrage, personality, put-down, sarcasm, slap, slight, slur

bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bulge, bunch, jut, overhang, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

butt in, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, intrude, meddle, mess, muck (about or around), nose, obtrude, pry, snoop

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, shilly-shally, tarry

crawl, creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, slouch, snail