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Nouns (15)

n. (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

n. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

garget, scoke, pigeon berry, Phytolacca americana

n. tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous

thrust, jab, jabbing, poking, thrusting

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"

Verbs (12)

make a hole by poking

v. make a hole by poking

stir by poking

v. stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"

thump, pound

v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

jab, dig, stab, prod

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

nose, pry, nose about, pry around

v. search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (145)

pack

n. a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

satchel

n. luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap

duffel, duffle, duffel bag, duffle bag

n. a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings

stick

v. pierce with a thrust

stick

v. pierce with something pointed

beat, beat up

v. give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

dent, indent

v. make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"

baste, batter, clobber

v. strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

slap

v. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

strike

v. deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"

grind, grate

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

knock, strike hard

v. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

beat, hit repeatedly

v. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

rap, knap, strike sharply

v. strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"

tap, strike lightly

v. strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"

beat, thump, pound

v. move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"

squeeze, crush, squash, squelch, mash

v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

splash, squelch, slop, splosh, slosh, squish

v. walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

bruise, contuse

v. injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

hit, strike, impinge on, collide with, hit against, run into

v. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

hit, strike

v. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

nudge, prod, poke at

v. to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"

gore, horn, tusk

v. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"

spike, transfix, impale, empale

v. pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

spear

v. pierce with a spear; "spear fish"

dawdle, linger, move slowly, take one's time

v. take one's time; proceed slowly

delay, detain, hold up, cause to be late

v. cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle

v. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

thrust, pierce

v. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

puncture, make a hole into

v. pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into; "puncture a tire"

sink, cause to sink

v. cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

drill, bore

v. make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"

drive

v. cause someone or something to move by driving; "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

crawl, creep

v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

drag, trail, drop behind, hang back, get behind

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

drag, scuff

v. walk without lifting the feet

edge, inch

v. advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"

slog, plod, footslog

v. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

set off, instigate, incite, stir up

v. provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

hit, cause to move by striking

v. cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

hit

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

dally, tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

flirt, romance, mash, coquette, chat up, dally, coquet, philander, talk amorously

v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

stray, sidetrack, digress, depart, straggle

v. wander from a direct or straight course

cue, prompt, remind

v. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

tamper, meddle, interfere unwantedly

v. intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

Synonyms (8)

poke into, meddle with, horn in, intrude into

v. enter briefly; "We poked into the bar"

nose out, sniff out, scent out, smell out

v. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "H can smell out trouble"

Antonyms (0)

poke

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