poke
cutucar
definition
verb
he poked Benny in the ribs and pointed
jab or prod (someone or something), especially with one's finger.
I was poking along , my vision blocked by that curtain of sleet
move slowly; dawdle.
noun
she gave the fire a poke
an act of poking someone or something.
A Pennsylvania Amish in a poke bonnet goes next, happy as a bug.
a woman's bonnet with a projecting brim or front, popular especially in the early 19th century.
translation of 'poke'
verb
chumar,
empurrar,
interferir,
atiçar,
acotovelar,
intrometer-se
noun
empurrão,
cotovelada
example
With appropriate physical gentleness, have a 'poke' and a prod and check out the territory.
They're posh girls who talk like lads down the boozer about boobs and bums and can't resist giving them a 'poke' and a prod in a giggly, sapphic way - all very private school changing rooms.
Follow this course in life and your nose'll never 'poke' itself beyond a book.
I laughed and gave him one last 'poke' before I let go.
his wallet's half out of his pocket—it comes to me that I might as well lift his 'poke'
she gave the fire a 'poke'
I gave the house sale a good 'poke' and prod today and it sounds as if the urgency of our situation has got through.
It was a real ‘crikey’ moment, and I wanted wrestle it, or at least 'poke' it with a stick, but nobody had a camera so there was no point.
The main purpose of my wee trip was to see my Uncle John and give him a 'poke' and prod prior to his heart surgery.
Her mom gave her a 'poke' and gestured to the table.
He watched her dead-white face for a while, and then went to 'poke' at the fire some more.
Paige was startled out of his musings by a particularly hard 'poke' to his back.
A widow of several years, she wears a green, yellow and orange headscarf, from which black and grey curls 'poke' out.
she gave the fire a 'poke'
With plenty of 'poke' , fluid handling and more interior space than an airport terminal, the Mondeo swallows my two sprogs and all their concomitant mess with ease.
Delia felt a 'poke' and immediately turned to her father, who was holding a piece of toast out for her.
They were seated in a square surrounding the flickering embers, and every now and then somebody would 'poke' the fire to keep it burning.
And he delivers this brilliant 'poke' in the collective eye of manipulative, one-sided documentary makers everywhere.
Have you ever experienced the sensation of falling into a deep sleep, only to have someone 'poke' your ears with sharp needles?
The use of the pejorative ‘insidious’ is a little unnecessary, but I'm not one who should 'poke' people with sticks for using flowery language.
Yes it provides a bit of 'poke' , but it would be nice if this 1.6l engine could provide more than its quoted 95PS.
A 'poke' in his side however caught his attention and he looked down to a frowning Shi who had a scolding look on her face.
Lesley Vainikolo also left the Belle Vue battleground early but his double vision from a 'poke' in the eye will not keep him out of this Friday's visit to The Shay to take on Halifax.
You must 'poke' very small holes though your liner so that aerobic conditions are not created in the soil.
That is followed by the curious urge to 'poke' it with a stick.
We were in the air about 45 minutes when I felt a 'poke' in the ribs and turned to find my row-mate prodding me with his rolled-up reading material.
Breakaway is sharper on the exit of a bend but that has as much to with extra 'poke' and grippier tyres as it does with the suspension.
Well, the petrol version will get you from to 60 in about two hours, so if you want any 'poke' at all, and surely that's the reason why you're buying a BMW, you have to go for the diesel.
don't forget to 'poke' holes in the dough to allow steam to escape
he fished out a 'poke' of crisps from under the counter
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