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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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Poke" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bullion that short man, father, with the cold eyes and gruff voice, and the queer eyebrow which he seems to poke at people?" ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 18, April, 1859 - [Date last updated: August 7, 2005] • Various
... Mandy and me said," drawled Pleasant. "If you poke yore nose over the line 'bout three of us will shoot you on sight. We'd do it fer Juno, an' if she ain't alive we'll ...
— In Happy Valley • John Fox
... poke Sarcastic joke Replete with malice spiteful, The people vile Politely smile And vote me quite delightful! Now, when a wight Sits up all night Ill-natured jokes devising, And all his wiles Are met with ...
— Songs of a Savoyard • W. S. Gilbert
... preserve the complexion, and get it up towards some special occasion, such as a grand fiesta or "fandango," when it is washed off, and the skin comes out clear and free from "tan." The "allegria" is the well known "poke-weed" of the United ...
— The White Chief - A Legend of Northern Mexico • Mayne Reid
... speedily. A crowd of 'jibbing' heifers encircled her on all sides, while a fat porker, 'who (his driver said) might be a prize pig by his impidence,' and a donkey that was feelin' blue-mouldy for want of a batin', tried to poke their noses into the group. Salemina's only weapon was her scarlet parasol, and, standing on the step of her side-car, she brandished this with such terrible effect that the only bull in the cavalcade put up his head ...
— Penelope's Irish Experiences • Kate Douglas Wiggin


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