poking Synonyms
Strongest:
- running
- ready
- breathless
- speedy
- flying
- brisk
- quick
- speedy
- speeding
- bolting
- fleet
- flying
- racing
- fast
- rushing
- prompt
- bolting
- rocketing
- racing
- whirlwind
- swift
- lightning
- rapid
- breathless
- running
- rushing
- lightning
- dizzy
- rocketing
- hasty
- prompt
- dizzy
- swift
- speeding
- rapid
- snappy
- brisk
- whirlwind
- fleet
- snappy
- quick
- hasty
- fast
- ready
Strong:
- scurrying
- scudding
- scooting
- warp-speed
- accelerated
- zipping
- scudding
- meteoric
- scooting
- careering
- hurrying
- breakneck
- zipping
- whirling
- whisking
- warp-speed
- hurrying
- expeditious
- scurrying
- whisking
- rushed
- accelerated
- careering
- rushed
- meteoric
- breakneck
- whirling
- barreling
- barreling
- expeditious
Weak:
poking Meaning
Wordnet
poking (n)
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
Webster
poking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Poke
Webster
poking (a.)
Drudging; servile.
poking Sentence Examples
- The child poked her finger into the cake, eager to taste it.
- The doctor poked the patient's arm with a needle to draw blood.
- The dog kept poking its nose into the cracks in the floorboards.
- The cat poked its tongue out to lick its fur.
- The bird poked its beak into the hummingbird feeder.
- The toddler poked their brother with a toy truck.
- The student poked their finger into their eye while reading.
- The snake poked its head out of its hole in the ground.
- The fish poked its nose out of the water to see what was happening.
- The stick poked through the tarp, creating a small hole.
FAQs About the word poking
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)of Poke, Drudging; servile.
creeping, crawling,leisurely, pokey, dragging, slow, sluggish, dillydallying, dallying, dilatory
running, ready, breathless, speedy, flying, brisk, quick, speedy, speeding, bolting
The child poked her finger into the cake, eager to taste it.
The doctor poked the patient's arm with a needle to draw blood.
The dog kept poking its nose into the cracks in the floorboards.
The cat poked its tongue out to lick its fur.