Thesaurus / poke
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Just a poke, a tiny jab, a brief ouch, and you have your opinions about it.
IN ‘MANHUNT,’ A VIRUS TURNS MALES INTO MONSTERSTERRI SCHLICHENMEYERMARCH 4, 2022WASHINGTON BLADEThe last time we would board an airplane, breathe other people’s air, stand close enough to catch the sharp poke of an elbow while someone tried to stuff luggage wheels-out in the overhead bin.
THE QUIET ACHE OF CHILDREN'S PANDEMIC BIRTHDAYSKATIE GUTIERREZFEBRUARY 3, 2022TIMEAfter a few warm-up pokes, a veterinarian injected the vaccine.
HOW ZOOS PERSUADE ANIMALS TO GET THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. (M&MS AND ICE CREAM HELP.)MATT BLITZOCTOBER 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThey get a full spread of poke, prawns, locally caught fish and kalua pork served on their balcony.
HOW HOTELS ARE MAKING GUESTS FEEL SAFER THIS SUMMERCHRISTOPHER ELLIOTTJUNE 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe test is still the same — a PCR test that involves a five-second swab in each nostril, not a deep poke back toward the brain.
TODAY IN D.C.: HEADLINES TO START YOUR WEDNESDAY IN D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIADANA HEDGPETH, TEDDY AMENABARDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTShe wore an old poke bonnet and carried a crooked stick, and there seemed to be a hump upon her back.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSEThe hump-backed little figure with poke-bonnet and cane was chased out upon the broken landing.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSE"Mr. Mudge requires no hat where he is now," continued the doctor, stooping to poke the fire.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODWhenever a potato lit up dangerously she gave it a poke into a new position.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNERBecause it's so much pleasanter, in a small library like this, to poke about by one's self—with the help of the librarian.
SUMMEREDITH WHARTONWORDS RELATED TO POKE
- abide
- bide
- dally
- drag
- drag one's feet
- dwell
- filibuster
- get no place fast
- goof around
- hang around
- hold the phone
- lag
- linger
- lodge
- loiter
- lose time
- pause
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- remain
- rest
- sojourn
- stall
- stay
- stick around
- stop
- stop over
- tail
- take one's time
- temporize
- tool
- trail
- visit
- wait
- warm a chair
- advance
- assail
- assault
- attack
- bear down
- boost
- buck
- butt
- chuck
- chunk
- clip
- clout
- crowd
- cut
- dig
- drive
- elbow
- embed
- fire
- force
- heave
- hump
- impale
- impel
- interject
- jab
- jam
- jostle
- lob
- lunge
- nick
- nudge
- peg
- pierce
- pitch
- plunge
- poke
- pour it on
- press
- prod
- propel
- punch
- push forward
- put
- railroad
- ram
- run
- shove
- sink
- sling
- smack
- stab
- stick
- toss
- transfix
- urge
- wham
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.