"poke around" meaning in All languages combined

See poke around on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pokes around [present, singular, third-person], poking around [participle, present], poked around [participle, past], poked around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} poke around (third-person singular simple present pokes around, present participle poking around, simple past and past participle poked around)
  1. To search for something, especially in an unorganized way Translations (To search for something): koluta (Finnish), átkutat (Hungarian), felforgat (Hungarian), tűvé tesz (Hungarian), tīkarokaro (Maori), escarafunchar (Portuguese), curiosear (Spanish), snoka runt (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "To search for something",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "To search for something",
          "word": "átkutat"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "To search for something",
          "word": "felforgat"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "To search for something",
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          "sense": "To search for something",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To search for something",
          "word": "escarafunchar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To search for something",
          "word": "curiosear"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To search for something",
          "word": "snoka runt"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "koluta"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "átkutat"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "felforgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "tűvé tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "tīkarokaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "escarafunchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "curiosear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To search for something",
      "word": "snoka runt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "poke around"
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