Meaning of POKING
| Pronunciation: | | p'owking
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| | Definition: | | [n] a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" |
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| | Synonyms: | | jab, jabbing, poke, thrust, thrusting |
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| | See Also: | | gesture | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pok"ing\, a.
Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]
Bred to some poking profession. --Gray.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, snaillike, snail-paced, staggering, strolling, tentative, toddling, tortoiselike, tottering, trudging, turtlelike, unhurried, waddling |
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