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

But as anyone who’s spent time poking around the crowded digital aisles of the Prime Video app knows, that’s not what happened. —Josef Adalian, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025

It can often be seen walking slowly along the shore, poking around for fiddler crabs, among the species’ favored prey. —Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025

In the summer of 1989, the town is in an uproar—the two returnees are poking around, but the real trouble is that a group of long-haired students has arrived from Vienna, authorized to restore the Jewish cemetery. —James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025

Perseverance has been poking around a spot named Broom Point at the lower slopes of an area called Witch Hazel Hill. —Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for poke around

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