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Definitions for Poke

[1] to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
[2] to make (a hole, one's way, etc.) by or as by prodding or pushing.
[3] to thrust or push: She poked her head out of the window.
[4] to force, drive, or stir by or as by pushing or thrusting: He poked the fire up.
[5] to thrust obtrusively: The prosecutor kept poking his finger at the defendant.
[6] to make a pushing or thrusting movement with the finger, a stick, etc.
[7] to extend or project (often followed by out ): His handkerchief is poking out of his back pocket.
[8] to thrust oneself obtrusively: to poke into something that is not one's affair.
[9] to search curiously; pry (often followed by around or about ).
[10] to go or proceed in a slow or aimless way (often followed by along ).
[11] a thrust or push.
[12] Informal . a slow or dawdling person; slowpoke.
[13] poke fun at , to ridicule or mock, especially covertly or slyly: In her novel, she pokes fun at her ex-husband.
[14] poke one's nose into , Informal . to meddle in; pry into: We felt as if half the people in town were poking their noses into our lives.
[15] Chiefly Midland U.S. and Scot. . a bag or sack, especially a small one.
[16] a wallet or purse.
[17] Archaic . a pocket.
[18] a projecting brim at the front of a bonnet, framing the face.
[19] Also called poke bonnet. a bonnet or hat with such a brim.
[20] pokeweed.
[21] (tr) to jab or prod, as with the elbow, the finger, a stick, etc
[22] (tr) to make (a hole, opening, etc) by or as by poking
[23] (when intr, often foll by at ) to thrust (at)
[24] (tr) informal to hit with the fist; punch
[25] (usually foll by in, out, out of, through, etc ) to protrude or cause to protrude don't poke your arm out of the window
[26] (tr) to stir (a fire, pot, etc) by poking
[27] (intr) to meddle or intrude
[28] (intr; often foll by about or around) to search or pry
[29] (intr often foll by along ) to loiter, potter, dawdle, etc
[30] (tr) slang (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with
[31] poke fun at to mock or ridicule
[32] poke one's nose into See nose (def. 17)
[33] a jab or prod
[34] short for slowpoke
[35] informal a blow with one's fist; punch
[36] slang sexual intercourse
[37] dialect a pocket or bag
[38] a pig in a poke See pig (def. 9)
[39] Also called: poke bonnet a woman's bonnet with a brim that projects at the front, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
[40] the brim itself
[41] short for pokeweed

Words related to Poke

jab, nudge, shove, dig, punch, stab, stick, protrude, prod, peek, pry, drag, blow, hit, bunt, butt, boost, shoulder, project, awaken

Words nearby Poke

poitou, poitou-charentes, poitrine, poitín, pokal, poke, poke around, poke check, poke fun at, poke one's nose into, pokeberry

Origin of Poke

41590–1600; perhaps shortening of obsolete pocan pokeweed, perhaps variant of puccoon (pokeberries and puccoon roots were both sources of red dye)

Other words from Poke

pok·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Poke

C18: from poke 1 (in the sense: to thrust out, project)

Synonyms for Poke

jab, blow, boost, bunt, butt, dig, hit, nudge, prod, punch, shove, stab