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poking

/ˈpoʊkɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Poking means: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).

Synonyms for poking5

noun, as in a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

jab, jabbing, poke, thrust, thrusting

What does poking mean?1

noun

1

a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)“he warned me with a jab with his finger”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with poking?7

two syllables

smokingjokingchokingsoakingstroking

three syllables

provokinginvoking
Show 40 near rhymes
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Poking in a sentence

  • My father is always poking his nose into my private life.CK
  • My mother is always poking her nose into my private life.CK
  • A wound will never heal if you keep poking at it.OsoHombre
  • I didn't feel a thing as he was poking around in there.DJ_Saidez
  • Yanni was poking a stick at an angry bull.Amastan
  • Alberto was poking out from behind a cabinet.Amastan
  • You better quit poking the bear before it wakes up.Ooneykcall
  • Provoking Fadil was poking a stick at an angry bull.OsoHombre

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of poking

as a noun

plural
pokings