'Poking' definitions:

Definition of 'poking'

(from WordNet)
noun
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" [syn: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting]

Definition of 'Poking'

From: GCIDE
  • Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poked; p. pr. & vb. n. Poking.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.]
  • 1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire. [1913 Webster]
  • He poked John, and said "Sleepest thou ?" --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To thrust with the horns; to gore. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]
  • To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Poking'

From: GCIDE
  • Poking \Pok"ing\, a. Drudging; servile. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • Bred to some poking profession. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'poking'

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