Usually means: Prodding gently with a finger.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word poking:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. poking: Merriam-Webster
  2. poking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. poking: Vocabulary.com
  4. Poking, poking: Wordnik
  5. poking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. poking: Wiktionary
  7. Poking, poking: Dictionary.com
  8. poking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Poking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. poking: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. poking: Rhymezone
  12. Poking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. poking: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. poking: FreeDictionary.org
  15. poking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Poking: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poking: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poking: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poking: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poking: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. poking: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Poking: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (poking)

▸ noun:  The act by which something is poked.
▸ adjective:  drudging; servile

Similar:
jabbing, thrust, nose poke, poake, pocking, poké, punction, prod, pinching, pricker, more...

Opposite:
stabbing, punching, slashing, cutting

Types:
prodding, jabbing, sticking, more...

Phrases:
poking around, poking fun, poking about, poking along, poking sticks, more...

Adjectives:
much, constant, little, eye, frequent, nasty, gentle, vigorous, inquisitive, stick, old

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↻From "Pettin' And Pokin'" from "Five Guys Named Moe":

They keep a pettin' and pokin' and jabbin' and jokin'
1 of 38 verses


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Similar:
jabbing, thrust, nose poke, poake, pocking, poké, punction, prod, pinching, pricker, more...

Opposite:
stabbing, punching, slashing, cutting

Types:
prodding, jabbing, sticking, more...

Phrases:
poking around, poking fun, poking about, poking along, poking sticks, poking stick, poking fun at, poking nose into, poking bib, poking gadget, poking out, poking through, poking at, poking at with words, more...

Adjectives:
much, constant, little, eye, frequent, nasty, gentle, vigorous, inquisitive, stick, old

Colors:
    red,     pink,     purple,     magenta,     fuchsia, more...



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