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- Dictionarypoke/pəʊk/
verb
- 1. jab or prod (someone or something) with one's finger or a sharp object: "he poked Benny in the ribs and pointed" Similar
- 2. thrust (something, such as one's head) in a particular direction: "I poked my head around the door to see what was going on"
noun
- 1. an act of poking someone or something: "she gave the fire a poke" Similar
- 2. a look or search around a place: informal "his mother comes into his room sometimes and has a poke round"
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POKE definition: 1. to push a finger or other pointed object quickly into someone or something: 2. to (cause…. Learn more.
: to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing. poked and scolded by the old folks Upton Sinclair. (3) : to cause to prod : thrust. poked a stick at the snake. b (1) : pierce, stab. (2) : to produce by or as if by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing.
Poke definition: to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, such as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.. See examples of POKE used in a sentence.
If you poke someone or something, you quickly push them with your finger or with a sharp object. She poked him in the ribs. American English : poke / ˈpoʊk /
A poke is a jab or a sharp push, usually with something thin or pointed, like a finger, a stick, or even an elbow. The main idea behind a poke is a prodding action that creates a depression or hole, as when you poke someone in the ribs with your finger.
POKE definition: 1. to quickly push your finger or other pointed object into someone or something: 2. to appear…. Learn more.
Someone had poked a message under the door. Don't poke her eye out with that stick! [intransitive] + adv./prep. if an object is poking out of, through, etc. something, you can see a part of it that is no longer covered by something else The end of the cable was left poking out of the wall.
Definition of poke noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To make thrusts or jabs, as with a stick or poker. 2. To pry or meddle; intrude: poking into another's business. 3. To search or look curiously in a desultory manner: poked about in the desk. 4. To proceed in a slow or lazy manner; putter: just poked along all morning. 5. To thrust forward; appear: The child's head poked from under the blankets.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. poked, pokes, poking. To push or jab with a stick, finger, etc.; prod. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To make (a hole or pathway, for example) by or as if by prodding, elbowing, or jabbing. I poked my way to the front of the crowd. American Heritage. To pry or search. Webster's New World. To make by poking.
