Definition of Poking

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Definition of Poking
	Poking of Poke Drudging; servile. Related Definitions: Drudging, Of, Poke, Servile

Poking Quotations

We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.
Barack Obama

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Zora Neale Hurston

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.
Alton Brown

The president's poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good. But he certainly doesn't disguise the record on weapons of mass destruction. And you feel like saying to people, Just get over it.
Brit Hume

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?
Joel Coen

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth".
Dan Rather

There are a lot of new opportunities that are poking their head up in my future. I've been very fortunate that way, but for right now, what I like is what I'm doing.
Gavin MacLeod

Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work.
William Petersen

We don't want other people poking into our artistic pie.
Neville Marriner

Even when I begin with a situation that's basically funny or sad, I like to keep poking around in it. I like to get into the middle of a relationship, to explore the subtle places.
Paul Mazursky

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