Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poke about

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: poke about
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To search for something, especially in an unorganized way

Example Sentences

"Pitne For: Also...merely out of curiosity: When you were poking about, did you perhaps run across a shipping manifest that belongs to me?"

Inflected Forms

pokes about (present, singular) poking about (participle, present) poked about (participle, past) poked about (past)

Questions

What does poke about mean?: To search for something, especially in an unorganized way

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