Check and Poke

Check

Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.

Poke and check are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poke" instead a verb "Check".

Poke

Poke verb - To extend outward beyond a usual point.

Check and poke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead a verb "Poke".

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

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

body check body poke body
head check head poke head
times check times poke times
bodies check bodies poke bodies

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
  • Comic Book / Albedo: Erma Felna EDF 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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