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verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
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).
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Poking
is always a great word to know.
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poke fun at, to ridicule or mock, especially covertly or slyly: In her novel, she pokes fun at her ex-husband.
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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.
Related forms
pok·a·ble, adjective
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Word Origin & History
poke
1634, "tobacco plant," from Narraganset puck "smoke," shortened from Algonquian uppowoc. Klein gives source as Virginian puccoon, lit. "plant for staining." The exact plant meant by the Indians is likewise uncertain.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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