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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]:
Poking \Pok"ing\, a.
Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]
Bred to some poking profession. --Gray.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
poking
n : 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}, {poke}, {thrust}, {thrusting}]
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