probe

Meaning

1. Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
2. Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
3. Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
4. An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
5. An investigation or inquiry.
6. A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.
7. A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.
8. A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.
9. a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy
10. Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure

investigate

investigation

inquire into

poke into

exploratory survey

undercover work

starprobe vehicle

criticize

plumb

consult

preliminary investigation

ram in

testing prod

rocket sounder

stick in

have a foretaste of

make sure of

starprobe

space shuttle

thrust in

ask around

pick teeth with toothpick

disturb fire by poking it

examine closely

sounding someone out

grope for

military intelligence

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəʊb/

For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.