poke at

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar o ato de cutucar ou empurrar algo com um objeto pontiagudo, ou, em sentido figurado, criticar ou irritar alguém de forma constante.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of prodding or jabbing at something with a pointed object, or figuratively, to criticize or annoy someone persistently.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Prod or jabinformal

   To push or prod something repeatedly, often with a finger or a pointed object.

   Cutucar

   • He poked at the fire with a stick.
   • She poked at the cake to see if it was done.
   • Stop poking at your food and eat it.

   Sinônimosdigjabnudgeprickprodstabtapthrust

   Antônimoscaresscomfortsoothestroke

2. Criticize or teaseinformal

   To make critical or teasing remarks about someone or something.

   Criticar ou zombar

   • The critics poked at the movie's weak plot.
   • He kept poking at her for being late.
   • They poked at his ideas during the meeting.

   Sinônimosbaitcriticizegoadmockneedleprodribridiculetaunttease

Verbo basepoke