'Poking' definitions:
Definition of 'poking'
From: WordNet
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambling,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- deliberate,
- delving,
- digging,
- easy,
- faltering,
- fishing,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- gentle,
- gradual,
- halting,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- in search of,
- indolent,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loaded for bear,
- looking for,
- lumbering,
- moderate,
- nosy,
- out for,
- out for bear,
- poky,
- probing,
- prying,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- sauntering,
- searching,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- tentative,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unhurried,
- waddling