probe

IPA: prˈoʊb

noun

  • (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
  • (comedy, fiction) An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.
  • (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
  • An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
  • (figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
  • (aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
  • (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
  • (astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
  • (go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
  • (biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure
  • A model of Ford automobile.

verb

  • (transitive, intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question
  • (transitive) To insert a probe into.
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