Synonyms:
jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
Meaning: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
Synonyms:
intrude, horn_in, pry, nose, poke
Meaning: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
Usage examples
"Let's poke a hole in their gas bag," proposed Sam.
Miss Terry stooped to poke over the contents of the box with lean, long fingers.
Didn't take her long to get ready!" muttered Miss Terry, giving the fire a vicious poke.
The Snail, and other one-shelled molluscs, poke their heads out of the shell when feeding or moving.
If the trick was discovered prematurely, it was called letting the cat out of the bag--if not--he that made the bad bargain was said to have bought a pig in a poke.
'A pretty thing it would be, wouldn't it to go and stop at the very first public-house outside the town, so that Sowerberry, if he come up after us, might poke in his old nose, and have us taken back in a cart with handcuffs on,' said Mr. Claypole in a jeering tone.