Word Frequency
poke1 (pəʊk
)
Definitions
verb
- tr to jab or prod, as with the elbow, the finger, a stick, etc
- tr to make (a hole, opening, etc) by or as by poking
- when intr, often foll by at to thrust (at)
- tr (informal) to hit with the fist; punch
- usually foll by in, out, out of, through, etc to protrude or cause to protrude ⇒
don't poke your arm out of the window
- tr to stir (a fire, pot, etc) by poking
- intr to meddle or intrude
- intr; often foll by about or around to search or pry
- intr often foll by along to loiter, potter, dawdle, etc
- tr (slang) (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with
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See poke fun at
noun
- a jab or prod
- short for slowpoke
- (informal) a blow with one's fist; punch
- (slang) sexual intercourse
Word Origin
C14: from Low German and Middle Dutch poken to thrust, prod, strikepoke2 (pəʊk
)
Definitions
noun
- (dialect) a pocket or bag
-
See a pig in a poke
Word Origin
C13: from Old Northern French poque, of Germanic origin; related to Old English pocca bag, Old Norse pokipouch, Middle Dutch poke bag; compare poach²Translations for 'poke'
- British English: poke If you poke someone or something, you quickly push them with your finger or with a sharp object.She poked him in the ribs.pəʊk VERB
- Arabic: يَلْكُمُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: cutucar
- Chinese: 戳
- Croatian: bockati
- Czech: šťouchnout šťouchat
- Danish: støde
- Dutch: porren
- European Spanish: clavar
- Finnish: tökätä
- French: donner un coup à
- German: stupsen
- Greek: μπήγω
- Italian: colpire
- Japanese: つつく
- Korean: 찌르다
- Norwegian: skubbe
- Polish: szturchnąć
- Portuguese: espetar
- Romanian: a înghionti
- Russian: тыкать
- Spanish: clavar
- Swedish: stöta
- Thai: แหย่ด้วยข้อศอกหรือนิ้ว
- Turkish: dürtmek
- Ukrainian: ткнути
- Vietnamese: chọc
Example Sentences Including 'poke'
Branches of Edmonton's family tree poke deeply into the album.Edmonton Sun (2003)
Deon Burton sent Seth Johnson free down the left and he crossed for Burley to poke home from close range.Sun, News of the World (2001)
I started to poke about in what I hoped was a reasonable approximation of what my friend Dennis had taught me.KICK BACK (2002)
If you could poke around Cragside you could equally well poke around lesser houses.Gothic Pursuit
She wondered if they'd want to poke around in her house, too.Sleep While I Sing
So Harris ' website has all sorts of advice about how you can poke New Labour without killing it.Spiked (2005)
The Pacific Sky and Pacific Sun are just the right size to offer facilities and to poke into remote island anchorages.Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)
Trust him to poke at the running sore of the bloody City Fathers who had rubbed salt into the wounds of my bankruptcy.THE PAINTER (2003)
What we don't want is the Government to poke its nose in too deep.Sun, News of the World (2001)
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