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Poke   /poʊk/   Listen
Poke

verb
(past & past part. poked; pres. part. poking)
1.
Poke or thrust abruptly.  Synonyms: dig, jab, prod, stab.
2.
Search or inquire in a meddlesome way.  Synonyms: horn in, intrude, nose, pry.
3.
Stir by poking.
4.
Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.  Synonyms: pound, thump.  "A bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
5.
Make a hole by poking.
noun
1.
Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous.  Synonyms: garget, Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, scoke.
2.
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind.  Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer.
3.
A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.  Synonyms: carrier bag, paper bag, sack.
4.
A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).  Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poking, thrust, thrusting.  "He made a thrusting motion with his fist"
5.
(boxing) a blow with the fist.  Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, punch, slug.



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"Poke" Quotes from Famous Books



... as arranged in relation to the yoke, C, and in combination with the poke, A, in the manner as and for ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various

... and don't disturb the little ones. Imogene, that lesson must be learned before I come back, you know. Now, dear, that was very, very naughty. When Mamma tells you to do things you mustn't pout and poke Stella with your foot in that way. It isn't nice at all. Stella is younger than you, and you ought to set her samples, as Nursey says. Look at Ning Po Ganges, how good she is, and how she minds all I say, and yet she's the ...
— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

... jumped and exclaimed, "Why, you baby, I had forgotten all about that two dollars and seventy-five cents I borrowed of you last month. And here it is only the sixth of November, but my allowance is nearly gone. Why didn't you poke up my memory?" ...
— Beatrice Leigh at College - A Story for Girls • Julia Augusta Schwartz

... take to drink, my boy, supposin' you gits the offer?" inquired another man, giving him a facetious poke ...
— The Lifeboat • R.M. Ballantyne

... much farther into the city, quite in the native quarter. It is a real adventure to make an expedition there, and the owners allow us to poke in back rooms from which we unearth wondrous treasures in the way of old brass vases; queer, slender-necked scent-bottles still faintly smelling of roses; old lacquer boxes, and bits of rich embroidery. ...
— Olivia in India • O. Douglas


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