Synonyms of the word

poke

• v. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
• v. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
• v. (figuratively) To rummage as in to poke about in.
• v. (transitive, computing) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
• v. To put a poke on.
• v. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
• v. (informal, Internet) To notify.
• v. (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
• n. A prod, jab, or punch.
• n. (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
• n. (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
• n. (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with…
• n. (computing) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program…
• n. (now regional) A sack or bag.
• n. A long, wide sleeve; a poke sleeve.
• n. (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone.
• n. (dialectal) Pokeweed.
• n. (Hawaii) Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs,…

agitate

• v. (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To move or actuate.
• v. (transitive) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb.
• v. (transitive) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate.
• v. (transitive) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot.

bag

• n. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
• n. (informal) A handbag.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
• n. One’s preference.
• n. (derogatory) An ugly woman.
• n. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
• n. (baseball) First, second, or third base.
• n. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure…
• n. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be…
• n. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
• n. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
• n. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
• n. (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
• n. (Britain) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
• v. To put into a bag.
• v. (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
• v. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
• v. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
• v. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
• v. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
• v. (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell or hang down like a full bag.
• v. To hang like an empty bag.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.

biff

• n. A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
• n. (sports) A wipeout.
• v. (transitive) To strike such a blow against.
• v. (New Zealand, slang, transitive) To discard; to throw out; to throw away.
• v. (sports) To wipe out; to faceplant; to fall.

blow

• adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
• v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
• v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
• v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
• v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
• v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
• v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
• v. (intransitive) To explode.
• v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
• v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
• v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
• v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
• v. (transitive) To leave.
• v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
• v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
• v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
• v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
• v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
• n. A strong wind.
• n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
• n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
• n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
• n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
• n. The act of striking or hitting.
• n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
• n. A damaging occurrence.
• v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
• n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
• n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
• n. A bloom, state of flowering.

bum

• n. The buttocks.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal, rare, Canada, US) The anus.
• n. (by metonymy, informal) A person.
• v. (Britain, transitive, colloquial) To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
• interj. (Britain) An expression of annoyance.
• n. (Canada, US, colloquial) A homeless person, usually a man.
• n. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) a hobo.
• n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial) A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
• n. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, sports) A player or racer who often performs poorly.
• n. (colloquial) A drinking spree.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, pejorative) To behave like a hobo or vagabond; to loiter.
• v. (transitive, slang, Britain) To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
• adj. Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
• adj. Unfair.
• adj. Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
• adj. Unpleasant.
• v. To depress; to make unhappy.
• n. (dated) A humming noise.
• v. (intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
• n. (obsolete) A bumbailiff.

clout

• n. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
• n. (regional, informal) A blow with the hand.
• n. (informal) A home run.
• n. (archery) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail…
• n. (regional, dated) A swaddling cloth.
• n. (archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
• n. (archaic) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
• n. (obsolete) A piece; a fragment.
• v. To hit, especially with the fist.
• v. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
• v. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
• v. To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
• v. To join or patch clumsily.

commove

• v. To move violently; to agitate, excite or rouse.

dawdler

• n. a person who dawdles or idles.

dig

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole…
• v. (transitive) To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
• v. (mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
• v. (US, slang, dated) To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
• v. (figuratively) To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
• v. To thrust; to poke.
• v. (volleyball) To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball.
• n. An archeological investigation.
• n. (US, colloquial, dated) A plodding and laborious student.
• n. A thrust; a poke.
• n. (Britain, dialect, dated) A tool for digging.
• n. (volleyball) A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
• v. (slang) To understand or show interest in.
• v. (slang) To appreciate, or like.

disturb

• v. (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions…
• v. (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
• v. (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
• n. (obsolete) disturbance.

do-nothing

• n. A lazy person.

drone

• n. A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.
• n. (now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
• n. One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.
• n. A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
• v. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
• v. To speak in a monotone way.
• n. A low-pitched hum or buzz.
• n. (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
• n. (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
• n. A humming or deep murmuring sound.

garget

• n. (obsolete) The throat.
• n. An inflammation on a cow's udder.
• n. A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite.
• n. Pokeweed.

gesture

• n. A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
• n. An act or a remark made as a formality or as a sign of attitude.
• n. (obsolete) The manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
• v. (intransitive) To make a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To express something by a gesture or gestures.
• v. (transitive) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action.

hit

• v. (heading, physical) To strike.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
• v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
• v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
• v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
• v. (heading, games) To make a play.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
• n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
• n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
• n. An attack on a location, person or people.
• n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
• n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
• n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
• n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
• n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
• n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
• n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
• n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
• adj. Designating of a popular song.
• pron. (dialectal) It.

idler

• n. One who idles; one who spends his or her time in inaction.
• n. One who idles; a lazy person; a sluggard.
• n. (nautical, dated) Any member of a ship's crew who is not required to keep the night-watch.
• n. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt…
• adj. comparative form of idle: more idle.

intrude

• v. To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.

jab

• n. A quick stab or blow; a poking or thrusting motion.
• n. (boxing) A short straight punch.
• n. (Britain) A medical injection.
• n. (Britain) A vaccination, whether or not delivered via conventional injection.
• n. (US, figuratively) A verbal annoyance.
• v. To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
• v. To deliver a quick punch.
• v. (slang, Britain) To give someone an injection.

jabbing

• v. present participle of jab.
• n. A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab.

laggard

• adj. Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.
• adj. (animal husbandry) Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd.
• n. One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.

lagger

• n. One who installs lagging.
• n. (video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).
• n. (slang) A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.

layabout

• n. A lazy person.

lick

• n. The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
• n. The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
• n. A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts…
• n. A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
• n. A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
• n. (colloquial) A stroke or blow.
• n. (colloquial) A bit.
• n. (music) A short motif.
• n. Speed. (Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.).
• v. To stroke with the tongue.
• v. (colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
• v. (colloquial) To overcome.
• v. (vulgar, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
• v. (colloquial) To do anything partially.
• v. (of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
• v. To lap; to take in with the tongue.

loafer

• n. An idle person.
• n. A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
• n. (Western US dialects) A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf.

look

• v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• v. To appear, to seem.
• v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
• v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
• v. To face or present a view.
• v. To expect or anticipate.
• v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
• v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
• v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
• interj. Pay attention.
• n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
• n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
• n. A facial expression.

nose

• n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
• n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
• n. The tip of an object.
• n. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish…
• n. A perfumer.
• n. The power of smelling.
• n. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
• n. The skill in recognising bouquet.
• n. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
• v. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
• v. (intransitive) To snoop.
• v. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
• v. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
• v. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
• v. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
• v. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

pierce

• v. (transitive) to puncture; to break through.
• v. (transitive) to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
• v. (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly.
• v. (figuratively) To penetrate; to affect deeply.

pokeweed

• n. A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of…

poking

• v. present participle of poke.
• n. The act by which something is poked.

pound

• n. A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 37 g). Today this value is the most common meaning…
• n. A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of weight when measuring…
• n. (US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash).
• n. The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
• n. Any of various units of currency used in Egypt and Lebanon, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus…
• n. Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
• n. Abbreviation for pound-force, a unit of force/weight. Using this abbreviation to describe pound-force…
• n. A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals. An animal shelter.
• n. A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc. Short form of…
• n. A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
• n. A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by…
• v. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
• v. (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
• v. (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
• v. (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
• v. (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
• v. (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
• v. (transitive, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
• v. To advance heavily with measured steps.
• v. (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
• v. (slang, dated) To wager a pound on.
• n. A hard blow.

prod

• v. To poke, to push, to touch.
• v. To encourage, to prompt.
• n. A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
• n. A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
• n. A poke.
• n. A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
• n. (computing, programming) production.

pry

• v. To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
• v. To look closely and curiously at.
• n. The act of prying.
• n. An excessively inquisitive person.
• n. A lever.
• n. Leverage.
• v. To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.).

punch

• n. (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
• n. (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
• n. (uncountable) Impact.
• n. (uncountable) A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) causing a video game character to punch.
• v. (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
• v. (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
• v. (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar…
• v. (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
• v. (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
• v. (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc).
• v. To thrust against; to poke.
• n. (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving…
• n. (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
• n. (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
• n. (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
• n. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
• v. To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
• v. To mark a ticket.
• n. A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

sack

• n. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities,…
• n. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity…
• n. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
• n. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
• n. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense⁴ below.
• n. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
• n. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack…
• n. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
• n. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders,…
• n. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
• n. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
• v. To put in a sack or sacks.
• v. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
• v. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
• v. (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage…
• v. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
• v. (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
• n. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine…
• v. Alternative spelling of sac.
• n. Alternative spelling of sac.

scoke

• n. Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).

search

• n. An attempt to find something.
• n. The act of searching in general.
• v. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
• v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.

stab

• n. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
• n. A wound made by stabbing.
• n. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
• n. (informal) An attempt.
• n. Criticism.
• n. (music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
• n. A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle…
• v. (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
• v. (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
• v. (intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used…
• v. (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

thrust

• n. (fencing) An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
• n. A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.).
• n. The force generated by propulsion, as in a jet engine.
• n. (figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
• v. (intransitive) To make advance with force.
• v. (transitive) To force something upon someone.
• v. (transitive) To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully.
• v. (transitive) To push or drive with force; to shove.
• v. (intransitive) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
• v. To stab; to pierce; usually with through.

thrusting

• v. present participle of thrust.
• n. The motion by which someone or something thrusts.
• n. The act of squeezing curd by hand, to expel the whey.
• n. The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes…

thump

• n. A blow that produces a muffled sound.
• n. The sound of such a blow; a thud.
• v. (transitive) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound.
• v. (intransitive) To thud or pound.
• v. (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.

trailer

• n. Someone who or something that trails.
• n. Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
• n. An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry…
• n. (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.
• n. (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left…
• n. (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
• n. A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
• n. (computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise…
• n. (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
• v. To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

vex

• v. (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
• v. (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
• v. (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
• v. (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
• v. (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.