| 单词 | to take a poke at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (or have) a poke at a. An act of poking; a thrust, a push, a nudge. Also colloquial: a blow with the fist, esp. in to take (or have) a poke at. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist bobeta1400 bobettingc1440 boba1568 nevel1568 fisticuffs1600 bunch1642 condyle1644 poke1690 punch1766 fist1767 plug1798 chuckera1805 polthogue1808 fistera1834 jab1889 bust1893 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > poking or prodding > a poke or prod pounce1755 prod1805 probe1827 poke1831 purr1844 1690 W. Mountfort Successfull Straingers iii. i. 30 Well said Conscience, Let me go dog; Let me have but one poke at him. 1788 J. Cobb Love in East ii. 46 It be so charmant to see Jack Roast Beef ven he be enragé,..ven dey give him little poke, and rouze him up. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Poke, a blow with the fist; I'll lend you a poke. 1831 Society 1 155 With a poke at the fire to make it blaze the brighter. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xvii. 166 The Captain, making a poke at the door with the knobby stick to assure himself that it was shut. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons III. xvii. i. 207 With a sly look..giving me a poke in the ribs. 1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle viii. 120 ‘They got those cops here quick,’ said Burke. ‘I'd like to take a poke at a few of 'em.’ 1988 M. Warner Lost Father xxi. 223 Children climbed up lamp posts to get a view until the Civil Guard ordered them down with a poke of their cudgels. 1995 J. Miller Voxpop v. 86 We just seem to have developed an irreverent style, having a poke at everyone. < as lemmas |
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