actually 突く is just dogging a hole

People get so confused with 突く and other 穴 kanji like 空. Its actually super simple. Look at the bottom part, its 犬 (dog). The top is a cave. So 突く literally means a dog aggressively poking its nose out of a cave. If you arent poking something with aggressive dog energy, you are using the wrong word. Actually, if you use it for anything else, you're just wrong. Trust me on this.