Definition for Poking:

• Busying one's self without a definite object, followed by about.

Synonyms for Poking:

• adj.

  •curious (adjective)
  • curious,
  • investigative,
  • agape,
  • inquisitive,
  • interested,
  • nosy,
  • questioning,
  • peeking,
  • fascinated,
  • agog,
  • meddlesome,
  • prying,
  • Eavesdropping,
  • Peering,
  • snoopy,
  • overcurious,
  • searching.

• n.

  •dalliance (noun)
  • de-lay,
  • loiterings,
  • dilly dallyings,
  • de-laying,
  • toyings,
  • de lay,
  • idlings,
  • frivolings,
  • loafings,
  • dilly-dallyings,
  • fritterings,
  • de-lays,
  • procrastinatings,
  • dillydallyings,
  • dabblings,
  • putterings,
  • delayings,
  • de laying,
  • de lays,
  • triflings.
  •poke (noun)
  • poke.
  •poking (noun)
  • thrust,
  • jab,
  • jabbing,
  • thrusting.

• v.

  •perforating (verb)
  • piercing,
  • penetrating,
  • Gouging,
  • Puncturing,
  • boring,
  • pointing,
  • needling,
  • Skewering,
  • Spearing,
  • sticking,
  • Spiking,
  • Lancing,
  • drilling,
  • Perforating,
  • Punching.
  •slowing (verb)
  • Trudging,
  • plodding,
  • hindering,
  • Delaying,
  • crawling,
  • creeping,
  • Loitering,
  • slowing,
  • dawdling,
  • lingering,
  • Retarding,
  • dragging.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • big-eyed.
  •n.
  • dalliance,
  • gesture,
  • idling,
  • procrastination,
  • trifling,
  • frivoling,
  • pokings,
  • procrastinations,
  • playings.

Paraphrases for Poking:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    sneaking, snooping, Injecting, sticking, slap, tapping, stealing, digging, sting, type, typing, putting, hitting, banging.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    prodding.

Antonyms for Poking:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    flying, brisk, rapid, rushing, meteoric, scurrying, ready, swift, breathless, expeditious, scooting, whirling, whirlwind, racing, breakneck, running, lightning, Rocketing, quick, quickened, scudding, snappy, Careering, speedy, rushed, hurrying, fast, dizzy, prompt, hasty, fleet, zipping, speeding, Barreling, accelerated, hurried.

Poking Sentence Examples:

• She had once, long ago, found in the garret at the Farm, when poking about there on a rainy day that had kept her housed, a little book with her grandmother's name in faded writing on the fly - leaf.

• He barked so long and so loud that he woke all the other fish, who came swimming up round the Princess's bed, and poking at it with their great heads.