Poke: alternatives and connections

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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The buttock.

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To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

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Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

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Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

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It.

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One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

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One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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See Poke, the plant.

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To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Thrist.

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To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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One who cuts and cures hay.

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.

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One who lingers.

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One who loiters; an idler.

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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

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One who plods; a drudge.

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One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambl…

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One who strays; a wanderer.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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of Pry

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of Pry

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To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

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To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

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To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

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One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

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The throat.

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To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

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To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.

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Slow; sluggish; backward.

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A laggard.

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To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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of Poke

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To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

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A lever; also, leverage.

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A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

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A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Poke (Phytolacca decandra).

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A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

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To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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Thrist.

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of Thrust

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The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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One who, or that which, trails.

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