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as in jab
a quick thrust please stop giving the cat pokes while it's trying to sleep

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poke

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noun (2)

chiefly Southern & Midland

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Recent Examples of poke
Noun
And with two goals over the final 13:11 of regulation, thanks to Aidan Thompson’s rebound and Jared Wright’s 5-hole poke, the Pios darn near gave everybody in maroon a carDUvascular episode late. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2025 There was some gentle ribbing about his 25-yard strike being a toe poke. Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
Adding to Pei’s recent marketing efforts, the CEO recently poked fun at Apple CEO Tim Cook for poaching one of his senior employees. James Peckham, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025 For instance, poking gentle fun at some common behaviors of tech engineers could go a long way toward relatability for a company selling B2B software. Anton Naianzin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for poke
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poke
Verb
  • Alleging an intrusive shed, a protruding carport and sprinkler damage, a Meridian church has taken legal action against a longtime neighbor.
    Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 May 2025
  • Using a chemical glove box, a polycarbonate glass box with protruding gloves that shields substances from oxygen and moisture, scientists combined the berkelium metal with an organic molecule containing only carbon and hydrogen to create a chemical reaction.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The government argues that district courts are expressly barred under the Immigration and Nationality Act from interfering in the execution of final removal orders, particularly under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(g).
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2025
  • The only way McAfee wins this is if someone interferes and costs Gunther the match or Gunther beats him so violently that he gets disqualified.
    Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • The men allegedly crawled out of the hole to a loading dock, scaled an exterior concrete wall of the jail complex and darted across a freeway to freedom.
    Kati Weis, CBS News, 29 May 2025
  • The Zenbook crawled to the finish line in every test.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Further afield is the prospect of an India-EU FTA, although that process has dragged on for a decade.
    Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • That dragged its stock down even though the company also reported a better profit for the latest quarter than expected.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • And to fill that space, fill it beautifully, not take up that space and mess it up in a sense.
    Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 23 May 2025
  • Our frail nature, damaged by our propensity to mess things up, stands in need of grace and salvation.
    Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • That’s because there will be periods of heavy rain and a mass of lingering unstable and humid air swirling about South Florida.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • This dust could collide with any lingering smoke in the South this week, potentially causing unhealthy air quality and a hazy, duller sky during the day, bracketed by colorful sunrises and sunsets.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • For years, the Birch Glacier has been creeping down the mountainside, pressured by shifting debris near the summit.
    Dave Graham, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
  • Despite this, his ownership didn’t creep over the 10 per cent mark until the period around Newcastle’s Double Gameweek 32, with his brace against Leicester City in Gameweek 31 a particular highlight for my season, providing my biggest rank jump of the run-in.
    Holly Shand, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • That time Matty fetched Alfie’s wallet from Olympia’s office, lest her boss discover the kid had been snooping?
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • TikTok confirmed in 2022 that four of its employees had been fired for using the app to snoop on several journalists in an effort to track down their sources.
    Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Poke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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