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poked |
1 definition found 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.]
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