poking
noun
- touch with long slender object, touching with a pointy thing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/ / /ˈpoʊkɪŋ/
adj
- drudging; servile
noun
- The act by which something is poked.
“perfunctory proddings and pokings”
verb
- present participle and gerund of poke