POKE AT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

To push against gently

Example:

She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant

Synonyms:

nudge; poke at; prod

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "poke at" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "poke at"):

jog (give a slight push to)

elbow (shove one's elbow into another person's ribs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody