[pohk] 
verb, poked, pok⋅ing, noun | 1. | to prod or push, esp. 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 fol. 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 fol. by around or about). |
| 10. | to go or proceed in a slow or aimless way (often fol. by along). |
| 11. | a thrust or push. |
| 12. | Informal. a slow or dawdling person; slowpoke. |
| 13. | poke fun at, to ridicule or mock, esp. 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. |
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poke around
Also, poke about. Look through things; also, make an investigation. For example, I was poking around the attic when I found these old photos, or The detective was poking about, tracking where she went on that fatal day. [Early 1800s] Also see nose about; poke one's nose into.
