Get to know Poking better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like jab or jabbing.
Poking meaning
present participle and gerund of poke
Using Poking
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of poke
- Useful related words include: jab, jabbing, poke, thrust.
- In the example corpus, poking often appears in combinations such as: poking fun, poking out, and poking.
Context around Poking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Poking
- In this selection, "poking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rods, keep, post, fun and home stand out and add context to how "poking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include food by poking them and good at poking fun at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "poking" sits close to words such as als, antioch and aptly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with poking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sagoe Jr put Arsenal poking home from close range after a well-worked move. (14 words)
Perhaps not so much poking the bear as taunting the tenacious terrier, it was called “Struggletown”. (16 words)
DeBose even deleted her Twitter account but later liked an Instagram post poking fun at her rap. (17 words)
I don't think I've ever been to a show quite so casual and relaxed - Katie didn't mind people in the audience shouting out to her and she kept poking fun at herself when she got distracted during the question section. (43 words)
It’s a treasure-hunting adventure film, but Bullock’s character is so an adventurer, giving the movie a edge, where it’s both poking fun at the genre while also being a solid entry in it. (37 words)
Heyman got on the end of a brutal back pass from Cannon Clough two minutes later, poking the ball past Worth before Maher tucked home a penalty three minutes later won by Hughes’ clever footwork. (35 words)
By that I mean, we're going to just keep poking at the bear until something breaks, okay? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
A meek stick to indicate an open manhole and dotted iron rods poking out make the road dangerous here.
And that’s on top of a solid 20 minutes of poking around to see how this process actually works.
A robotic hand equipped with a tiny sensor can detect harmful mercury ions in water or food by poking them.
As much as poking fun at toilet noises will entertain his younger guests, Trenwith is an accomplished enough actor to speak to both sides of an audience.
By that I mean, we're going to just keep poking at the bear until something breaks, okay?
Christmas Eve in the year 2000, my family went out to see a movie (which one, I can’t remember) and afterwards, we spent some time poking around in the surrounding shopping complex.
DeBose even deleted her Twitter account but later liked an Instagram post poking fun at her rap.
Fast-forward to last month, and Jaclyn caused a stir online after poking fun at the past lipstick controversy in a pointed TikTok.
Guay fired a shot from the top of the point that found Pyne, who knotted the game at three by poking the puck past UConn goaltender Tia Chan.
Heyman got on the end of a brutal back pass from Cannon Clough two minutes later, poking the ball past Worth before Maher tucked home a penalty three minutes later won by Hughes’ clever footwork.
However, she is really good at poking fun at her son and teasing him for his shirt choice.
I don't think I've ever been to a show quite so casual and relaxed - Katie didn't mind people in the audience shouting out to her and she kept poking fun at herself when she got distracted during the question section.
It began with an awkward preshow hosted by Ronny Chieng, who soldiered through by poking fun at the marketing around him.
It’s a treasure-hunting adventure film, but Bullock’s character is so an adventurer, giving the movie a edge, where it’s both poking fun at the genre while also being a solid entry in it.
Mavididi sends a bouncing ball into the box and Ndidi makes a nuisance of himself, poking a shot goalwards that beats Travers but sees McNally head away as it looked to cross the line.
Michael B. Jordan kicked off the January 28 episode of Saturday Night Live by poking fun at his relationship status during the opening monologue.
Only a few voices are strong enough to last inside the tent, while also poking their head out to tell us what’s going on.
Perhaps not so much poking the bear as taunting the tenacious terrier, it was called “Struggletown”.
Poking a hole in the egg allows that air to escape so your eggs will never crack and also avoids the air pocket leaving a concave dent in your boiled egg.
Sagoe Jr put Arsenal poking home from close range after a well-worked move.
Common combinations with poking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- poking fun 66×
- poking out 23×
- and poking 13×
- poking around 10×
- poking through 10×
- poking the 8×
- poking at 7×
- by poking 6×
- of poking 4×
- after poking 4×