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  3  definitions  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.] 
 
  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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