poking

4 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to push a finger or other pointed object quickly into someone or something:

poke someone in something You'll poke someone in the eye with that umbrella if you're not careful!

poke something into something Two kids were poking a stick into the drain.

to (cause something to) appear or stretch out from behind or through something else:

Cathy poked her head round the door to say hello.

poke up through The first green shoots are poking up through the soil.

to greet someone on a social networking website by leaving them a special short message