poke
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poke1
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v.
1. [tr.]
jab or prod (someone or something), esp. with one's finger:
he poked Benny in the ribs and pointed |
[intr.]
they sniffed, felt, and poked at everything they bought.
∎ [tr.]
jab (one's finger) at someone or into something:
keep adding water until you can comfortably poke your finger into the soil.
∎
prod and stir (a fire) with a poker to make it burn more fiercely.
∎
make (a hole) in something by prodding or jabbing at it.
∎ [tr.]
thrust (something) in a particular direction:
I poked my head around the door to see what was going on
she poked her tongue out.
∎ [intr.]
protrude and be or become visible:
she had wisps of gray hair poking out from under her bonnet.
∎ vulgar slang
(of a man) have sexual intercourse with (another person).
2. [intr.]
move slowly; dawdle:
I was poking along, my vision blocked by that curtain of sleet.
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n.
1.
an act of poking someone or something:
she gave the fire a poke.
∎ (a poke around) inf.
a look or search around a place.
∎ vulgar slang
an act of sexual intercourse.
2.
(also poke bonnet)
a woman's bonnet with a projecting brim or front, popular esp. in the early 19th century.
3.
(usu. POKE) Comput.
a statement or function in BASIC for altering the contents of a specified memory location. Compare with peek (sense 2).
PHRASES:
poke fun at
tease or make fun of.
poke one's nose into inf.
take an intrusive interest in.
take a poke at someone inf.
hit or punch someone.
∎
criticize someone.
PHRASAL VERBS:
poke around/about
look around a place, typically in search of something.
poke2
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n. dial.
a bag or small sack.
∎ inf.
a purse or wallet.
PHRASES:
a pig in a pokesee pig.
poke3
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n.
1. another term for pokeweed.
2.
(Indian poke) another term for false hellebore.
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