how to pronounce poking

/ˈpoʊkɪŋ/

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poking is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of poking in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… it's just like poking a poking a knife …”

meanings of poking

verb:

Present participle of poke.

noun:

The act by which something is poked.

adjective:

Drudging; servile.

poking frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word poking occurs in english on average 5.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics poking can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that poking can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;