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Synonyms for poke

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

dig stab jab nudge knock smash grope pry

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Nudge

nudge, dig, stab, jab, prod, excite, gore

2. Knock — to penetrate in sexual intercourse

hit, knock, pound, smash, crack, tap, thwack, bang, nail, drill, diddle, dash, root AU, pelt, bonk, smack, slap, whack, clap, wallop, yerk

3. Grope — to rummage; to feel or grope around

grope, fumble, forage, glaum

4. Pry

pry, nose, intrude, horn in slang

Other

stir, pull someone's chain, thump, lambast UK, lamblast US

Noun

1. Shove

shove, push, jabbing, thrust, thrusting, jog

2. Sack

sack, bag, pocket, paper bag, purse, carrier bag UK

3. Punch

punch, lick, biff, slug, clout

4. Drone

drone, trailer, laggard, dawdler, lagger

Other

ice cream cone, garget, red nightshade, pocan, pokeweed, scoke

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To rummage; to feel or grope around.

    I poked about in the rubble, trying to find my lost keys.

  2. v. 2

    To penetrate in sexual intercourse.

  3. n. 1

    A prod, jab, or thrust.

  4. n. 2

    A lazy person; a dawdler.

Related words

Phrases
poke fun poke out poke salad poke borack poke along poke bonnet holy poke poke bowl
Other spellings
poké

Forms

Plural
pokes → shoves, pushes, jabbings, thrusts…
Past participle
poked
e.g. poked → nudged, stabbed, jabbed, prodded…

Example sentences

  • dig In 1848, people came to California to dig for gold.
  • stab Bruno approached Rima to stab her with his knife.
  • jab Tom got a tetanus jab after being bitten by a dog.
  • nudge We have to nudge him to do the right thing.
  • knock What should we do if the police knock at our door?
  • smash Did you smash the window willingly or unwillingly?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pokerising
digrising
stabrising
jabrising
nudgerising
knockrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
hit1, bag1, tap1, dig1, jab1, jog1, pry1
4 letters
push1, nose1, root1, bang1, nail1, dash1, slap1, stir1, sack1, stab1, gore1, lick1, clap1, slug1
5 letters
crack1, knock1, pound1, punch1, smash1, drill1, purse1, drone1, shove1, smack1, whack1, nudge1, clout1, thump1
6 letters
pocket2, thrust1, fumble2, excite2, forage2, wallop2, diddle2, thwack, lagger, garget
7 letters
trailer2, intrude2, jabbing2, laggard2, lambast, dawdler
8 letters
pokeweed2, lamblast
9 letters
thrusting2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pocket2 = 2 syllables).