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Definition of Poking
1. Noun. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"
Generic synonyms: Gesture
Derivative terms: Jab, Jab, Poke, Poke, Poke, Thrust, Thrust
Definition of Poking
1. a. Drudging; servile.
Definition of Poking
1. Verb. (present participle of poke) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poking
1. poke [v] - See also: poke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poking
Literary usage of Poking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Producer-gas and Gas-producers by Samuel S. Wyer (1907)
"poking the gas-producer. The amount and frequency of poking a gas-producer will
... The mechanical agitation of the fuel-bed eliminates poking entirely. ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"Bi (2 BL, poking) "Sometimes while I was localizing the tip of the pointer ...
Bi (2 BL, poking) "If I turn my attention «way from the color and think where ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Where are mv ruff, and poL-tr, 'Вт. Wh., Ö. PI., iii, 280. that purpose set poking-
... poking ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"In one part I observed two negroes poking in the little soft veins, which the
slips disclosed, with a piece of rusty iron, probably a piece of an old hoop; ..."
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