| poke | | |
| 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" |
| prick | | |
| n. (person) | 1. asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, sob, son of a bitch, whoreson | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous. |
| ~ dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, filth, smut | an offensive or indecent word or phrase. |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
| n. (shape) | 2. dent, incision, prick, scratch, slit | a depression scratched or carved into a surface. |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ scotch, score | a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally). |
| n. (body) | 3. cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft, tool | obscene terms for penis. |
| ~ penis, phallus, member | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism). |
| ~ dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, filth, smut | an offensive or indecent word or phrase. |
| n. (act) | 4. prick, pricking | the act of puncturing with a small point.; "he gave the balloon a small prick" |
| ~ puncture | the act of puncturing or perforating. |
| v. (contact) | 5. prick, prickle | make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn.; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" |
| ~ needle | prick with a needle. |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| v. (perception) | 6. prick, sting, twinge | cause a stinging pain.; "The needle pricked his skin" |
| ~ ache, hurt, suffer | feel physical pain.; "Were you hurting after the accident?" |
| ~ prickle, prick | cause a prickling sensation. |
| v. (motion) | 7. cock up, prick, prick up | raise.; "The dog pricked up his ears" |
| ~ erect, rear | cause to rise up. |
| v. (contact) | 8. goad, prick | stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick. |
| ~ stab, jab | stab or pierce.; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife" |
| v. (perception) | 9. prick, prickle | cause a prickling sensation. |
| ~ twinge, prick, sting | cause a stinging pain.; "The needle pricked his skin" |
| v. (emotion) | 10. prick | to cause a sharp emotional pain.; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| v. (contact) | 11. bite, prick, sting | deliver a sting to.; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| puncture | | |
| n. (event) | 1. puncture | loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object. |
| ~ misadventure, mischance, mishap | an instance of misfortune. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. puncture | a small hole made by a sharp object. |
| ~ hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something. |
| ~ pinhole | a small puncture that might have been made by a pin. |
| ~ pinprick | small puncture (as if made by a pin). |
| n. (act) | 3. puncture | the act of puncturing or perforating. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ centesis | (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid. |
| ~ perforation | the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation). |
| ~ pricking, prick | the act of puncturing with a small point.; "he gave the balloon a small prick" |
| ~ venipuncture | (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye. |
| v. (contact) | 4. puncture | pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into.; "puncture a tire" |
| ~ scarify | puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals.; "The men in some African tribes scarify their faces" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| v. (contact) | 5. puncture | make by piercing.; "puncture a hole" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (communication) | 6. deflate, puncture | reduce or lessen the size or importance of.; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" |
| ~ depreciate, vilipend, deprecate | belittle.; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" |
| v. (change) | 7. puncture | cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing.; "puncture an air balloon" |
| ~ depressurise, depressurize, decompress | decrease the pressure of.; "depressurize the cabin in the air plane" |
| v. (change) | 8. puncture | be pierced or punctured.; "The tire punctured" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
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