What does poke at mean?

poke at means "to push against gently".

What is another word for poke at?

Close synonyms include nudge, prod. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poke at a common word?

poke at is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

poke at — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
to push against gently
“She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant”
Synonymsnudge prod
Broaderpush
Narrowerjog elbow

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