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ALL meanings of poke

poke
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  • transitive verb poke jab with finger 1
  • transitive verb poke prod with finger 1
  • transitive verb poke jab with sth pointed 1
  • transitive verb poke on Facebook: attract sb's attention 1
  • noun poke act of prodding 1
  • noun poke Facebook feature 1
  • noun poke sack 1
  • intransitive verb poke be nosy, pry 1
  • transitive verb poke have sex with 1
  • transitive verb poke fire: prod, stir 1
  • transitive verb poke digitally penetrate 1
  • transitive verb poke extend 1
  • transitive verb poke push through 1
  • intransitive verb poke thrust, put 1
  • verb with object poke to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs. 1
  • verb with object poke to make (a hole, one's way, etc.) by or as by prodding or pushing. 1
  • verb with object poke to thrust or push: She poked her head out of the window. 1
  • verb with object poke to force, drive, or stir by or as by pushing or thrusting: He poked the fire up. 1
  • verb with object poke to thrust obtrusively: The prosecutor kept poking his finger at the defendant. 1
  • verb without object poke to make a pushing or thrusting movement with the finger, a stick, etc. 1
  • verb without object poke to extend or project (often followed by out): His handkerchief is poking out of his back pocket. 1
  • verb without object poke to thrust oneself obtrusively: to poke into something that is not one's affair. 1
  • verb without object poke to search curiously; pry (often followed by around or about). 1
  • verb without object poke to go or proceed in a slow or aimless way (often followed by along). 1
  • abbreviation POKE pokeweed. 1
  • idioms poke poke fun at, to ridicule or mock, especially covertly or slyly: In her novel, she pokes fun at her ex-husband. 1
  • idioms poke 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. 1
  • noun Definition of poke in Technology The BASIC command to write a value to an absolute address. See peek. 1
  • verb poke If something pokes out of or through another thing, you can see part of it appearing from behind or underneath the other thing. 0
  • verb poke If you poke your head through an opening or if it pokes through an opening, you push it through, often so that you can see something more easily. 0
  • verb poke to jab or prod, as with the elbow, the finger, a stick, etc 0
  • verb poke to make (a hole, opening, etc) by or as by poking 0
  • verb poke to thrust (at) 0
  • verb poke to hit with the fist; punch 0
  • verb poke to protrude or cause to protrude 0
  • verb poke to stir (a fire, pot, etc) by poking 0
  • verb poke to meddle or intrude 0
  • verb poke to search or pry 0
  • verb poke to loiter, potter, dawdle, etc 0
  • verb poke (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with 0
  • noun poke a jab or prod 0
  • noun poke a blow with one's fist; punch 0
  • noun poke sexual intercourse 0
  • noun poke a pocket or bag 0
  • noun poke a woman's bonnet with a brim that projects at the front, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries 0
  • noun poke the brim itself 0
  • verb transitive poke to push or jab with a stick, finger, etc.; prod 0
  • verb transitive poke to hit with the fist 0
  • verb transitive poke to make by poking 0
  • verb transitive poke to stir up (a fire) by jabbing the coals with a poker 0
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