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poking about

poking about is the present participle and gerund of poke about.

Meaning of poke about

Verb

poke about (third-person singular simple present pokes about, present participle poking about, simple past and past participle poked about)

  1. To search for something, especially in an unorganized way
    • Pitne For: Also...merely out of curiosity: When you were poking about, did you perhaps run across a shipping manifest that belongs to me?2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Illium

Questions about poking about

What is poking about the present participle and gerund of?
Poking about is the present participle and gerund of poke about.

Words near poking about in the dictionary

  1. pokies
  2. pokiest
  3. pokily
  4. pokiness
  5. poking
  6. poking about
  7. poking along
  8. poking around
  9. poking borack
  10. poking borak
  11. poking borax

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