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poking borax

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

Meaning of poke borax

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive, often) To ridicule.
    • Maybe the geezer was a major really. Or maybe he was poking borax. That was the trouble with toffs from outside the area – you didn't know where you were with them.2004, C. K. Stead, Mansfield: A Novel, unnumbered page

Questions about poking borax

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

Words near poking borax in the dictionary

  1. poking about
  2. poking along
  3. poking around
  4. poking borack
  5. poking borak
  6. poking borax
  7. poking fun
  8. poking holes in
  9. poking mullock
  10. poking one's fun
  11. poking one's nose into

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