Box and Poke

Box

Box noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: the vicious bully delivered a box to the child's ear
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Synonyms for Box

Poke and box are semantically related in slap topic. In some cases you can use "Poke" instead the word "Box" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: boxed

Poke

Poke noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: you'd better shut up if you don't want a poke on the nose

Box and poke are semantically related in slap topic. Sometimes you can use "Box" instead the word "Poke" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: poked, pokey, poking, poker, pok

How words are described

old old box old poke
looking looking box looking poke
normal normal box normal poke
original original box original poke
Other adjectives: single, simple, little, literal.

Common collocations

opponent box opponent poke opponent
player box player poke player

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Princess Ben The Frog Prince, but in this case the princess would rather keep him in a box and poke him with a stick than kiss him.
  • Wrestling / AJ Lee Poke the Poodle: Rosa Mendes and Tamina mocked AJ by giving her a box of cheese, calling her a "mousy loser".
  • Video Game / Dead Space 2 By that point, though, all you need to do is poke your head around the box; but if you didn't stasis them, they will rush the corner and knock you down before you can get a single shot off.
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