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Poke   /poʊk/   Listen
verb
Poke  v. t.  (past & past part. poked; pres. part. poking)  
1.
To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire. "He poked John, and said "Sleepest thou?""
2.
To thrust with the horns; to gore.
3.
To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. (Colloq. U. S.)
To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. (Colloq.)
To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. (Colloq.)


Poke  v. i.  To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about. "A man must have poked into Latin and Greek."


noun
Poke  n.  (Bot.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (Phytolacca decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.


Poke  n.  
1.
A bag; a sack; a pocket. "He drew a dial from his poke." "They wallowed as pigs in a poke."
2.
A long, wide sleeve; called also poke sleeve.
To boy a pig a poke (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing without knowledge or examination of it.


Poke  n.  
1.
The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
2.
A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. (Slang, U.S.)
3.
A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward. (U.S.)
Poke bonnet, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.





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"Poke" Quotes from Famous Books



... the children, joyfully; and, scrambling to their feet, looked politely at the sideboard. David, who played host on these occasions, made haste to poke the apples at Mrs. Richie, who could not help whispering to him to pull his collar straight; and she even pushed his hair back a little from his forehead. The sense of possession came over her like a wave, and ...
— The Awakening of Helena Richie • Margaret Deland
... fault. This would have brought me great honour and you much profit. I shall be able to make good my reputation; but you will now lose both your honour and your profit. Let then this lesson teach you another time to work, and not to poke fun at ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini
... fat old poke!" Pauline returned. "Mayn't I give you a lift? I can go 'round by the manor road ...
— The S. W. F. Club • Caroline E. Jacobs
... saw one boy run up to the hive, give it a quick poke, and then scamper away. With every poke at the hive, a number of bees would fly out of the opening and sail away on ...
— Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories • Howard B. Famous
... E, as arranged in relation to the yoke, C, and in combination with the poke, A, in the manner as and for the ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various


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