poke
/poʊk/ v [I/T] (PUSH)Definition
› to push a finger or other object into someone or something, or to push something through or past someone or something: [T] Quit poking me to move ahead – there are people in front of me. [T] Josie poked her head around the corner to see what made the noise. poke /poʊk/ n [C] › He gave his brother a poke in the arm.
(Definition of poke v (PUSH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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