Check
Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.
Poke
Poke verb - To extend outward beyond a usual point.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good check | good poke |
| sound | sound check | sound poke |
| single | single check | single poke |
| simple | simple check | simple poke |
| Other adjectives: powerful, constant, little, quick, capable, random, medical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Up until NHL 2001, the goalie AI was so slow at poke checking, skating in front of the goalie would cause it to attempt a poke check with the player free to shoot on an empty net.
Source: A.I. Breaker -
Steve's Reality Check: A humorous poke at various over-entheusiastic but often awful fan-fiction, usually writers Mary Sue-ing themselves into the scenario and/or ignoring the canon settings for cheesy bad "sci-fi" conventions.
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