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| n. (plant) | 1. garget, phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke, scoke | tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous. |
| ~ pokeweed | perennial of the genus Phytolacca. |
| n. (person) | 2. dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer | someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. |
| ~ do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum | person who does no work.; "a lazy bum" |
| ~ lingerer, loiterer | someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place. |
| ~ slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder | someone who moves slowly.; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" |
| ~ potterer, putterer | a person who putters about. |
| ~ straggler, strayer | someone who strays or falls behind. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. carrier bag, paper bag, poke, sack | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. |
| ~ bag | a flexible container with a single opening.; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" |
| ~ doggie bag, doggy bag | a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog. |
| ~ grocery bag | a sack for holding customer's groceries. |
| n. (act) | 4. jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting | a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).; "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" |
| ~ gesture | motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling. |
| n. (act) | 5. biff, clout, lick, poke, punch, slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist.; "I gave him a clout on his nose" |
| ~ counterpunch, parry, counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer). |
| ~ knockout punch, ko punch, sunday punch, haymaker | a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing. |
| ~ hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. |
| ~ jab | a quick short straight punch. |
| ~ rabbit punch | a short chopping blow to the back of the neck. |
| ~ sucker punch | an unexpected punch. |
| ~ boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs | fighting with the fists. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 6. dig, jab, poke, prod, stab | poke or thrust abruptly.; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" |
| ~ thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
| v. (perception) | 7. horn in, intrude, nose, poke, pry | search or inquire in a meddlesome way.; "This guy is always nosing around the office" |
| ~ search, look | search or seek.; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
| v. (contact) | 8. poke | stir by poking.; "poke the embers in the fireplace" |
| ~ raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate | change the arrangement or position of. |
| v. (contact) | 9. poke, pound, thump | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (contact) | 10. poke | make a hole by poking. |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| thrust | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. push, thrust | the force used in pushing.; "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines" |
| ~ force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration" |
| n. (act) | 2. knife thrust, stab, thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.; "one strong stab to the heart killed him" |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| ~ passado, straight thrust, lunge | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward. |
| ~ remise | (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte). |
| n. (act) | 3. drive, driving force, thrust | the act of applying force to propel something.; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| ~ firewall | (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust.; "he moved the throttle to the firewall" |
| ~ impetus, impulsion, impulse | the act of applying force suddenly.; "the impulse knocked him over" |
| n. (communication) | 4. thrust | verbal criticism.; "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians" |
| ~ criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings.; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" |
| v. (motion) | 5. thrust | push forcefully.; "He thrust his chin forward" |
| ~ jab, poke, prod, stab, dig | poke or thrust abruptly.; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" |
| ~ stab, jab | stab or pierce.; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife" |
| ~ shoulder | push with the shoulders.; "He shouldered his way into the crowd" |
| ~ boost | push or shove upward, as if from below or behind.; "The singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special contraption" |
| ~ ram, drive, force | force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically.; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" |
| ~ ram, ram down, pound | strike or drive against with a heavy impact.; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" |
| ~ punch | drive forcibly as if by a punch.; "the nail punched through the wall" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| ~ dig | thrust down or into.; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your foot into the floor" |
| v. (motion) | 6. shove, squeeze, stuff, thrust | press or force.; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (motion) | 7. hurl, hurtle, lunge, thrust | make a thrusting forward movement. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ dart | move with sudden speed.; "His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke" |
| ~ riposte | make a return thrust.; "his opponent riposted" |
| v. (communication) | 8. force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.; "She forced her diet fads on him" |
| ~ sting, stick | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (contact) | 9. pierce, thrust | penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ stick | pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed.; "He stuck the needle into his finger" |
| ~ stick | pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument.; "he stuck the cloth with the needle" |
| ~ peg | pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into. |
| ~ center punch | make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill. |
| ~ empale, impale, spike, transfix | pierce with a sharp stake or point.; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" |
| ~ horn, tusk | stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.; "the rhino horned the explorer" |
| ~ gore | wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument. |
| ~ lance | pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight. |
| v. (stative) | 10. thrust | force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock. |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ push up, thrust | push upward.; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" |
| v. (stative) | 11. push up, thrust | push upward.; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" |
| ~ jut, jut out, protrude, stick out, project | extend out or project in space.; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" |
| ~ thrust | force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock. |
| v. (contact) | 12. throw, thrust | place or put with great energy.; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ pop | put or thrust suddenly and forcefully.; "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth" |
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