Unscramble poke

Definition of poke

noun:

• tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous. Synonyms: Phytolacca americana, garget, pigeon berry, scoke.
• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer.
• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. Synonyms: carrier bag, paper bag, sack.
• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger", "he made a thrusting motion with his fist". Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poking, thrust, thrusting.
• (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose". Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, punch, slug.

verb:

• poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs". Synonyms: dig, jab, prod, stab.
• search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office". Synonyms: horn in, intrude, nose, pry.
• stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace".
• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker", "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist". Synonyms: pound, thump.
• make a hole by poking.

Related words

counter, counterpunch, haymaker, hook, jab, lingerer, loiterer, parry, plodder, potterer, putterer, slowcoach, slowpoke, straggler, strayer.

Words nearby

coke, joke, moke, peke, pike, poe, poker, pokey, poky, pole, pome, pone, pope, pore, pose, puke, spoke, toke, yoke.

Rhymes with

baroque, bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, coke, convoke, croak, evoke, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, koch, moke, oak, polk, provoke, revoke.