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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha akin to Icel. poki, OD poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf also Gael. poca, and OF poque. Cf {Pock}, {Pocket}, {Pouch}.] 1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. ``He drew a dial from his poke.'' --Shak. They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer. 2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also {poke sleeve}. {To boy a pig a poke} (that is in a bag), to buy a thing without knowledge or examination of it --Camden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr & vb n. {Poking}.] [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.] 1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence to stir up to excite; as to poke a fire. He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?'' --Chaucer. 2. To thrust with the horns; to gore. 3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on as to poke an ox [Colloq. U. S.] {To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.] {To poke fun at}, to make a butt of to ridicule. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poke \Poke\, v. i. To search; to feel one's way as in the dark; to grope; as to poke about A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poke \Poke\, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as a poke in the ribs. --Ld. Lytton. 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. 3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.] {Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: poke n 1: 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 [syn: {pigeon berry}, {garget}, {scoke}, {Phytolacca americana}] 2: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases [syn: {sack}, {paper bag}, {carrier bag}] 3: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" [syn: {jab}, {jabbing}, {poking}, {thrust}, {thrusting}] 4: (boxing) a blow with the fist [syn: {punch}, {lick}, {biff}] v 1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: {jab}, {prod}, {stab}, {dig}] 2: search or inquire in a meddlesome way "This guy is always nosing around the office" [syn: {pry}, {nose}] 3: stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace" 4: hit hard [syn: {thump}, {pound}] 5: make a hole by poking From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: poke n.,vt. See {peek}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: poke The {BASIC} command to write a value to an absolute address. See {peek}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-31)
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