POKED Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

poked

verb

past tense of poke

as in protruded

to extend outward beyond a usual point saw his head poking through the window

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as in interfered

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern told him to stop poking into other people's business

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as in lingered

to move or act slowly just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much

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as in dragged

to move slowly they were just poking along home

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Recent Examples of poked The view was uncommonly broad, and the city skyline poked out of the eastern sky. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 16 June 2026 Jo Adell poked a tying single through the infield moments later. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 15 June 2026 In the third round, Magomedov poked Pereira in the eye, forcing a roughly two-minute pause, and still no point came off. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 But Ecuador’s Gonzalo Plata stuck up his left foot, just in front of Neuer, and poked the ball into the net. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026 Fox in the past poked fun at rivals who asked consumers to pay more money to gain access to streaming favorites, noting that its Tubi service was free. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 June 2026 While presenting the award for best stand-up comedy performance at the ceremony, Sykes poked fun at Maher, who was nominated in the category. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 June 2026 When his transfer from Lyon to Newcastle was made official in January 2022, Arsenal were the first club mentioned in his announcement video as his new club poked fun at previous links with teams in England. — Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Griffin also poked at the cohosts in the immediate aftermath of Hasselbeck and former View moderator Rosie O'Donnell's legendary on-air fight in 2007, as Griffin was a guest host the following day and brought up the incident numerous times — which annoyed Walters in the moment. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

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The skinny braids wrapped the bottom of the bun, while the thicker braids dressed the top, forming a cylinder shape that protruded from the crown of her head.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
The problem was that many of them protruded from the front of vehicles like miniature medieval weapons.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of protruded

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When Twain lunched with Theodore Roosevelt, he was dismayed that the president dragged in his Rough Rider exploits in Cuba three or four times.

— Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
The bureau said government spending, exports, consumer spending all drove real GDP growth, while imports dragged.

— Dan Mangan,Luke Fountain,Kevin Breuninger,Garrett Downs,Ashley Capoot,Justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026

Definition of dragged

Verb

So, while the Dodgers crawled out of the hole with a season-high 17 hits, the steep cost heightens the pressure on the rest of the rotation the rest of the series.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Unlike text or images, robotic manipulation data cannot be crawled from the internet.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of crawled

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When the rain cleared, an American flag that covered most of the outfield was unfurled during the national anthem, and the fog slowly crept in.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Vozinha crept toward Messi, rather than wait on his back foot, and stuffed Messi’s right-footed shot.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 4 July 2026