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poking
[pohk] 
| Main Entry: |
poke
[pohk]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push at; thrust |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bulge, butt*, crowd, dig, elbow, goose, hit, jab, jostle, jut, nudge*, overhang, prod, project, protrude, provoke, punch, ram, rouse, shoulder, shove, stab, stand out, stick, stick out, stimulate, stir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move along slowly |
| Synonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, drag, get no place fast, idle, lag, loiter, mosey, procrastinate, put off*, schlepp along, tarry, toddle, trail |
| Antonyms: | rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | project outward |
| Synonyms: | bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, bug out, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, overhang, poke, pop out, pouch, protrude, protuberate, puff out, sag, stand out, stick out, swell |
| Antonyms: | cave in, depress |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bang up against with head |
| Synonyms: | batter, buck, buffet, bump, bunt, collide, gore, hook, horn, jab, knock, poke, prod, punch, push, ram, run into, shove, smack, strike, thrust, toss |
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
| Synonyms: | clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | dalliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dawdling |
| Synonyms: | dabbling, delay, delaying, dilly-dallying, frittering, frivoling, idling, loafing, loitering, playing, poking, procrastinating, procrastination, puttering, toying, trifling |
| Antonyms: | hastening, hurrying, push, rush |
| Main Entry: | dawdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay; waste time |
| Synonyms: | amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out*, idle, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke*, procrastinate, put off, saunter, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, sit on one's butt, stay, stroll, tarry, toddle, trifle, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrust object into |
| Synonyms: | drive, gouge, jab, jog, nudge, plunge, poke, prod, punch, ram, sink, stab, stick |
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
| Synonyms: | be delayed, be quiescent, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle*, delay, encounter difficulty, hang*, inch, lag, lag behind, limp along, linger, loiter, mark time, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shamble, shuffle, slow down, stagnate, straggle, tarry, trail behind, traipse |
| Antonyms: | rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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