突く (つつく): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

突く (つつく) means to poke / to thrust / to nudge.

See example sentences below.

突く at a glance

突く

つつくtsutsuku

N1verb

to poke / to thrust / to nudge

突くつつくtsutsukuN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to poke / to thrust / to nudge

Example 1

猫が私の手をつついた。

Translation

The cat poked my hand.

Example 2

彼はナイフで壁をつついた。

Translation

He struck the wall with a knife.