"nose poke" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nose pokes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nose poke (plural nose pokes)
  1. An instance of this activity
    Sense id: en-nose_poke-en-noun-8-BCRzt~

Verb

Forms: nose pokes [present, singular, third-person], nose poking [participle, present], nose poked [participle, past], nose poked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} nose poke (third-person singular simple present nose pokes, present participle nose poking, simple past and past participle nose poked)
  1. (of a laboratory rodent) To make a selection in a psychological experiment by poking the nose through one of several apertures in order to break a light beam Synonyms: nosepoke, nose-poke
    Sense id: en-nose_poke-en-verb-jXptn0Mz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for nose poke meaning in English (1.7kB)

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