What does POKE mean?
Definitions for POKE
poʊkpoke
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Princeton's WordNet
poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke, Phytolacca americananoun
tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, pokenoun
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bagnoun
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrustingnoun
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
"he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slugverb
(boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a clout on his nose"
jab, prod, stab, poke, digverb
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
intrude, horn in, pry, nose, pokeverb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
pokeverb
stir by poking
"poke the embers in the fireplace"
thump, pound, pokeverb
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
"the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
pokeverb
make a hole by poking
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
POKEnoun
A pocket; a small bag.
Etymology: pocca , Sax. poche, Fr.
I will not buy a pig in a poke. William Camden, Remains.
She suddenly unties the poke,
Which out of it sent such a smoke,
As ready was them all to choke,
So grievous was the pother. Michael Drayton, Nymphid.My correspondent writes against master’s gowns and poke sleeves. Spectator, №. 619.
To Pokeverb
To feel in the dark; to search any thing with a long instrument.
Etymology: poka, Swedish.
If these presumed eyes be clipped off, they will make use of their protrusions or horns, and poke out their way as before. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii.
ChatGPT
poke
Poke generally refers to the act of touching, hitting, or jabbing someone or something with a finger, pointed object, or stick. It can also refer to a social media action on Facebook, where users can 'poke' another user as a way of getting attention or as a playful gesture. Furthermore, in a culinary context, poke is a native Hawaiian dish primarily consisting of marinated raw fish. The term, context or usage can alter the specific meaning.
Webster Dictionary
Pokenoun
a large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine
Pokenoun
a bag; a sack; a pocket
Pokenoun
a long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve
Pokeverb
to thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire
Pokeverb
to thrust with the horns; to gore
Pokeverb
to put a poke on; as, to poke an ox
Pokeverb
to search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about
Pokenoun
the act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs
Pokenoun
a lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person
Pokenoun
a contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward
Etymology: [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.]
Wikidata
Poke
Poke is a raw salad served as an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine. Pokē is the Hawaiian verb for "section" or "to slice or cut".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Poke
pōk, n. a bag: a pouch.—A pig in a poke, a blind bargain, as of a pig bought without being seen. [Prob. Celt., as Ir. poc, a bag.]
Poke
pōk, v.t. to thrust or push against with something pointed: to search for with a long instrument: to thrust at with the horns.—v.i. to grope or feel, as in the dark.—n. act of pushing or thrusting: a thrust: a bonnet having a projecting front worn earlier in the century—also Poke′-bonn′et.—ns. Pō′ker, an iron rod for poking or stirring the fire; Po′ker-draw′ing, a design burnt into lime-tree or other wood with 'pokers,' which rather resembled plumbers' soldering irons.—adj. Pō′kerish, like a poker: stiff.—adv. Pō′kerishly.—adj. Pō′king, drudging, servile.—n. Pō′king-stick, a small stick or rod of steel formerly used for adjusting the plaits of ruffs.—adj. Pō′ky, stupid: dull: confined, with little room: poor, shabby.—Poke fun at, to ridicule, make fun of. [Ir. poc, a blow, Gael. puc, to push.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
poke
See peek.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
POKE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Poke is ranked #39887 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Poke surname appeared 550 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Poke.
83.8% or 461 total occurrences were Black.
9.8% or 54 total occurrences were White.
3.4% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.1% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of POKE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of POKE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of POKE in a Sentence
And I don't feel I see that being fostered. We have to come together as a people and we need a leader that's going to help us do that, not poke the bear.
Leave it to Apple to poke fun at styluses for years and then go create the new stylus gold standard, the $100 Apple Pencil enables the best digital writing and sketching experience I’ve ever had on a tablet.
I can choke a brick, poke a stick, and drown a glass of water
Whenever you’re in nature, be respectful. Don’t touch things. Don’t poke things. You’re just there to observe, be smart when you’re in the water and just remember the sharks aren’t there to bother you so just make sure you don’t bother them.
If you're a diver with an underwater camera, use it, if you're a snorkeler, rip off your snorkel and use it to poke the shark, i've had a lot of sharks come at me, and it's (been) enough to use a shark billy -- a small metal rod between two and three feet long -- and I've just given them a little nudge on their nose.
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- نكزArabic
- prohrábnoutCzech
- Sack, anstupsen, schüren, stochernGerman
- hurgarSpanish
- tökkiä, kohentaa, t, säkki, pussi, tökätä, sorkkiaFinnish
- piquer, attiserFrench
- उंगली करनाHindi
- pungolare, attizzare, ficcare, spronareItalian
- つつく, 突くJapanese
- poken, porren, opporrenDutch
- pirke, stikke, nøreNorwegian
- dźgnąćPolish
- cutucarPortuguese
- мешать, сунуть, ткнуть, тыкать, совать, шуроватьRussian
- petaSwedish
- ஷீட்களைTamil
- 戳Chinese
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