1
as in protruded
to extend outward beyond a usual point
saw his head poking through the window
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2
as in interfered
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
told him to stop poking into other people's business
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3
as in lingered
to move or act slowly
just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much
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4
as in dragged
to move slowly
they were just poking along home
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Recent Examples of poked
Lovato poked fun at herself, dressing as a meme from 2014.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Marcus poked out his bottom lip, but no whining this time.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Andrade has poked fun at the reports on social media.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Along the way, Newsom has poked fun at himself, posing as superheroes.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Aeration is the process of creating air spaces in a lawn, usually via 3-inch holes poked into the soil at regular intervals.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Kean himself gets a tattoo hand-poked into his skin and applies medieval salves to his wounds.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
His portraits poked a hole into the romantic mythology of the American West, telling instead a story of poverty and struggle.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Teaching continued as the children poked pretzels into their mouths.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Marcus poked out his bottom lip, but no whining this time.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Andrade has poked fun at the reports on social media.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Along the way, Newsom has poked fun at himself, posing as superheroes.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Aeration is the process of creating air spaces in a lawn, usually via 3-inch holes poked into the soil at regular intervals.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Kean himself gets a tattoo hand-poked into his skin and applies medieval salves to his wounds.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
His portraits poked a hole into the romantic mythology of the American West, telling instead a story of poverty and struggle.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Teaching continued as the children poked pretzels into their mouths.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poked
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Spider-y lash extensions protruded from her lash line, reaching to the bottom of her brows; a thin wing of black liner was drawn from the outer corners of her eyes.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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His bones visibly protruded from his thin skin, according to court documents.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
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With too many possible paths through memory, competing features and priorities interfered, which meant no retrieval strategy gained control — none were selected — so the search couldn’t begin.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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But a thing called the Civil War interfered.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Still, the conversation lingered in his mind.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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But since the beginning of the year, inventory has grown nationwide as a result of more sellers coming into the market and buyers withdrawing from it due to rising housing costs, including stubbornly high mortgage rates, which have lingered between 6 percent and 7 percent for the past three years.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As biologists began to accept that the smallest of the whales had perished, the rescue work dragged past its second week.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Americas slipped 2%, dragged by softer performance in department stores.—
Maliha Shoaib,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Modern Wall Street has killed just about everything cool that walks or crawled at one time or another.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The van’s driver then crawled out of his vehicle’s window, crossed over a median and was instantly struck by a car speeding in the opposite direction, which was broadcast by the news helicopter following the chase.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For many parts of the country, the average date of the first fall frost has passed, and the chill of autumn nights has already crept in, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.—
Stuart Dyos,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Pain crept into the set of his mouth.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Republicans refused to pass a funding bill that funded the Affordable Care Act (ACA), while Obama and Democrats pushed back on proposals put forth by GOP lawmakers that would have defunded or delayed it.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Russian state media has acknowledged the Belgorod was also delayed in part by the pandemic.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Poked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poked. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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