POKE AT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poke at mean? 

• POKE AT (verb)
  The verb POKE AT has 1 sense:

1. to push against gently

  Familiarity information: POKE AT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POKE AT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To push against gently

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

nudge; poke at; prod

Context example:

She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant

Hypernyms (to "poke at" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "poke at"):

jog (give a slight push to)

elbow (shove one's elbow into another person's ribs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody