See poke in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To thrust against or into:
dig, jab, jog, nudge, prod. See touchTo cause to stick out:
push, shove, thrust. See convexTo look into or inquire about curiously, inquisitively, or in a meddlesome fashion:
pry, snoop. (Informal) nose (around). Idiom: stick one's nose into. See investigate, participateTo reach about or search blindly or uncertainly:
feel, fumble, grabble, grope. See seek, touchTo go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:
dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels), mark time, take one's time. See fast
noun
An act of thrusting into or against, as to attract attention:
dig, jab, jog, nudge. See touchOne that lags:
dawdler, dilly-dallier, lag, laggard, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier. (Informal) slowpoke. See fast
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