poking

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Verb

poking

  1. present participle and gerund of poke

Noun

poking (plural pokings)

  1. The act by which something is poked.
    • 1922, E. E. Cummings, The Enormous Room:
      perfunctory proddings and pokings

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Adjective

poking (comparative more poking, superlative most poking)

  1. drudging; servile

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