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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pohk |
| Phonetic Transcription : poʊk |
Definition of poke
Origin :- "to push, prod, thrust," especially with something pointed, c.1300, puken "to poke, nudge," of uncertain origin, perhaps from or related to Middle Dutch poken "to poke" (Dutch beuken), or Middle Low German poken "to stick with a knife" (cf. German pochen "to knock, rap"), both from Proto-Germanic root *puk-, perhaps imitative. Related: Poked; poking. To poke fun "tease" first attested 1840; to poke around "search" is from 1809. To poke along "advance lazily; walk at a leisurely pace" is from 1833.
- noun push, thrust
- verb push at; thrust
- verb interfere, snoop
- verb move along slowly
- I've been scared about Dirk ever since; and now he won't go to Poke's!
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- He'll be suspicious if we begin to poke about the north wing.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- Nothing in the world would have induced them to poke their noses out of the window.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- I found a pretty cluster at the foot of a maple stump in Poke Hollow.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- If I tell you what I want to, will you promise not to pitch into me, and not to nag and poke fun?
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- I kind of like to poke Elkanah in the shirt front once in a while, just to hear it crackle.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The Lacedaemonians were unkind enough to poke fun at these unfortunates.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- I seen a guy once, take a poke at a guard, and what they done to him was plenty.
- Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent
- We then made bold to open the door and poke about; but with no better result.
- Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
- When you poke the fire, every spark that flies up the chimney' is a baiocco!
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for poke
- arouse
- awaken
- blow
- boost
- bulge
- bunt
- busybody
- butt
- butt in
- crowd
- dally
- dawdle
- delay
- dig
- drag
- elbow
- get no place fast
- goose
- hit
- idle
- intrude
- jab
- jostle
- jut
- lag
- loiter
- meddle
- mosey
- nose
- nudge
- overhang
- peek
- procrastinate
- prod
- project
- protrude
- provoke
- pry
- punch
- put off
- ram
- rouse
- schlepp along
- shoulder
- shove
- stab
- stand out
- stick
- stick out
- stimulate
- stir
- tamper
- tarry
- toddle
- trail
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