probe
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
Noun 4 meanings
Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information.
An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
An investigation or inquiry.
“They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.”
Verb 2 meanings
To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
“If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.”
To insert a probe into.
Etymology
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.
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PROBE at a glance
PROBE has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + B 3 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,152 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with probe
All rhymes- GLOBE8
- WARDROBE14
- ADOBE8
- ROBE6
- LOBE6
- STROBE8
- BATHROBE15
- MICROBE13
- HOMOPHOBE21
- JOBE13
- EARLOBE9
- DISROBE10
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