1
[ verb ] enter briefly

Examples

"We poked into the bar"

Used in print

(Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)

Sailing activity is slowed_down by Texas northers , but power cruisers can move freely , poking_into the San_Jacinto , Trinity and Brazos_rivers ( fine tarpon fishing in the Brazos ) or pushing eastward to the pirate country of Barataria .

Related terms

penetrate

2
[ verb ] poke one's nose into

Related terms

intervene

3
[ verb ] examine physically with or as if with a probe

Synonyms

dig_into probe

Examples

"probe an anthill"

Related terms

penetrate gutter probe

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