poke

poke

poke¹ [pōk]

vt.

poked, poking [ME poken < MDu or LowG]

1.

a) to push or jab with a stick, finger, etc.; prod

b) Slang to hit with the fist

2. to make by poking [to poke a hole in a bag]

3. to stir up (a fire) by jabbing the coals with a poker

4. to thrust (something) forward; intrude [to poke one's head out a window]

vi.

1. to make jabs with a stick, poker, etc. (at something)

2. to intrude; meddle

3. to pry or search: sometimes with about or around

4. to stick out; protrude

5. to live or move slowly or lazily; loiter; putter; dawdle: often with along

n.

1.

a) the act of poking; jab; thrust; nudge

b) Slang a blow with the fist

2. SLOWPOKE

3. a poke bonnet, or its projecting front brim

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poke fun at

to ridicule or deride, esp. satirically or slyly

poke² [pōk]

n.

[OFr poke, poque < Frank * pokka < IE base * beu-, to blow up, swell > PUCK²]

1. Dial. a sack or bag

2. Archaic a pocket

3. Slang

a) a wallet or purse

b) money, esp. all that one has

☆ poke³ [pōk ]

n.

[earlier pocan < AmInd (Virginian) puccoon, weed used for staining]

short for POKEWEED