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- you'd better shut up if you don't want a poke on the nose
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- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- beats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- blows,
- bops,
- boxes,
- buffets,
- busts,
- chops,
- claps,
- clips,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cuffs,
- dabs,
- douses
- [British],
- fillips,
- hacks,
- haymakers,
- hits,
- hooks,
- knocks,
- larrups
- [dialect],
- lashes,
- licks,
- pelts,
- picks,
- plumps,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- stingers,
- stripes,
- strokes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- switches,
- thuds,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- welts,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whops
- (also whaps)
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- the constantly bickering husband and wife seem unable to let five minutes pass without an exchange of gratuitous pokes
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noun (2)Synonyms of pokes (Entry 2 of 3)
- the old warning against buying a pig in a poke
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of pokes (Entry 3 of 3)
- saw his head poking through the window
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- told him to stop poking into other people's business
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- just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much
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- they were just poking along home
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“Pokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pokes. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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