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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
poke
n 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 [syn: poke, pigeon berry, garget,
scoke, Phytolacca americana]
2: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags
behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger,
trailer, poke]
3: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's
purchases [syn: sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag]
4: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with
a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his
fist" [syn: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust,
thrusting]
5: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug]
v 1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
ribs" [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig]
2: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry,
nose, poke]
3: stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"
4: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
Southern Baptist" [syn: thump, pound, poke]
5: make a hole by poking
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poking.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
blow, Gael. puc to push.]
1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
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He poked John, and said "Sleepest thou ?" --Chaucer.
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2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
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3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
[Colloq. U. S.]
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To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]
To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Poke \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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha; akin to Icel. poki, OD.
poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf. also Gael. poca, and OF.
poque. Cf. Pock, Pocket, Pouch.]
1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. "He drew a dial from his poke."
--Shak.
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They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer.
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2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
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To boy a pig a poke (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing
without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Poke \Poke\, v. i.
To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as,
to poke about.
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A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Poke \Poke\, n.
1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the
ribs. --Ld. Lytton.
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2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting
person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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.]
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Poke bonnet, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.
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7. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
poke
n.,vt.
See peek.
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8. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
poke
The BASIC command to write a value to an absolute address.
See peek.
[Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)
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Thesaurus Results for Poke:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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