つつく

突 く

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 藪をつついてヘビを出す。
      It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.

  2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to peck at (one's food), to pick at

    • きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。
      Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.

  3. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)

  4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to egg on, to put up to