Thesaurus / poke
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After 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 WHARTONWith fifty dollars tucked away, I laid for her until out she came with a final poke in the ribs.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONI had to poke at her new coat in order to convince myself that it was not really a convict-clip, right close to the skin.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURWORDS RELATED TO POKE
- administers
- advises
- applies
- behaves toward
- bestows
- calls the signals
- commands
- conducts
- controls
- copes with
- cuts the mustard
- deals with
- directs
- discusses
- dispenses
- dominates
- employs
- exercises
- exploits
- gets a handle on
- governs
- guides
- hacks it
- makes out
- makes the grade
- maneuvers
- manipulates
- operates
- plays
- plies
- runs things
- serves
- steers
- supervises
- swings
- takes
- treats
- uses
- utilizes
- wields
- works
- be all ears
- bug
- case
- check out
- check over
- check up
- consider
- delve
- dig
- examine
- explore
- eyeball
- feel out
- frisk
- give the once-over
- go into
- inquire
- inquisite
- inspect
- interrogate
- listen in
- look into
- look over
- make inquiry
- muckrake
- nose around
- poke
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- put to the test
- question
- read
- reconnoiter
- research
- review
- run down
- scout
- scrutinize
- search
- sift
- spy
- stake out
- study
- tap
- wiretap
- be behind
- dally
- dawdle
- decrease
- dillydally
- diminish
- drag
- drag one's feet
- ebb
- fail
- fall off
- falter
- flag
- get no place fast
- hang back
- hobble
- idle
- inch
- inch along
- jelly
- limp
- linger
- loiter
- lose strength
- lounge
- plod
- poke
- procrastinate
- put off
- retard
- saunter
- shuffle
- slacken
- slouch
- slow
- slow up
- stagger
- stay
- straggle
- tail
- tarry
- tool
- trail
- trudge
- wane
- dallied
- dawdled
- decreased
- dillydallied
- diminished
- dragged
- dragged one's feet
- ebbed
- failed
- faltered
- fell off
- flagged
- got no place fast
- hobbled
- hung back
- idled
- inch along
- inched
- jellied
- limped
- lingered
- loitered
- lost strength
- lounged
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- retarded
- sauntered
- shuffled
- slackened
- slouched
- slowed
- slowed up
- staggered
- stayed
- straggled
- tailed
- tarried
- tooled
- trailed
- trudged
- waned
- was behind
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