つつく

verb (godan)突くつつく · tsutsuku

1. Englishto poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge

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

2. Englishto 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. Englishto peck at (someone's faults, etc.)

4. Englishto egg on; to put up to

Source: JMdict (EDRDG) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG)