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1 pry
(to try to find out about something that is secret, especially other people's affairs: He is always prying into my business.) snuse (rundt) i, spionerekubein--------spettverb \/praɪ\/1) ( nedsettende) snoke, snuse2) titte nysgjerrig, kikke nysgjerrig3) (amer.) åpne med makt, presse opppry about snoke omkring, snuse rundtpry for snoke etterpry into somebody's affairs snoke i andres saker -
2 poke
pəuk 1. verb1) (to push something into; to prod: He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.) stikke, dytte2) (to make (a hole) by doing this: She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.) stikke hull i3) (to (cause to) protrude or project: She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.) stikke gjennom/ut fra2. noun(an act of poking; a prod or nudge: He gave me a poke in the arm.) dytt, støt- poker- poky
- pokey
- poke about/around
- poke fun at
- poke one's nose intodytt--------sekkIsubst. \/pəʊk\/1) ( dialekt) pose, liten sekk2) ( gammeldags) lommebuy a pig in a poke kjøpe katta i sekkenIIsubst. \/pəʊk\/støt, dytt, puffIIIsubst. \/pəʊk\/1) kysehatt2) brem på kysehattIVsubst. \/pəʊk\/1) ( den amerikanske plantearten Phytolacca americana) kermesbær2) ( plantearten Veratrum viride) forklaring: amerikansk nyserotVverb \/pəʊk\/1) dytte, skubbe, støte, puffe (med spiss gjenstand, finger e.l.), gjennombore2) rake (med ildrake)3) stikke4) ( vulgært) knulle5) pirke6) rote7) stikke frem, stikke utbe poked up ( hverdagslig) være innestengtpoke about\/around drive omkring, slenge omkringpoke about\/into snuse i, rote ipoke and pry snuse omkring, snoke rundtpoke fun at se ➢ fun, 1poke oneself up ( hverdagslig) stenge seg innepoke one's nose into snoke i, stikke nesen i blande seg opp i, legge seg opp ipoke somebody on the nose klappe til noen, gi noen en (midt) på trynettake a poke at ( hverdagslig) rette et slag mot
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