poke¹ /pōk/

1. To thrust or push the end of anything against or into
2. To prod or jab
3. To cause to protrude
4. To thrust forward or endways
5. To make, put, render, or achieve by thrusting or groping
6. To stir up, incite
7. To dress with a poking-stick (obsolete)
8. (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with (slang)
9. To store data in a single specified memory location
10. To seclude or confine in a poky place (informal)

1. To thrust, make thrusts
2. To protrude
3. To feel about, grope
4. To potter
5. To stoop
6. To pry about
7. To live a dull or secluded life

An act of poking

pōˈker noun

1. Someone who pokes
2. A rod for poking or stirring a fire
3. An instrument for doing poker work
4. A stiff person
5. A mace or mace-bearer (facetious)
6. A poking-stick

poˈker or pōˈkerish adjective

1. Like a poker
2. Stiff

pōˈkerishly adverb

pokey adjective and noun see poky below

pōˈking adjective

1. Pottering
2. Petty
3. Confined
4. Stuffy
5. Shabby

pōˈky or pōˈkey adjective

1. Poking, confined
2. Slow, lacking energy or speed (informal)
3. Powerful (informal)

Jail

poker work noun

Work done by burning a design into wood with a heated point

pōˈking-stick noun

A small rod formerly used for adjusting the pleats of ruffs

better than a poke in the eye (with a burnt or sharp stick) (informal)

1. An expression of pleasure, esp qualified (Aust)
2. Generally, referring to something only moderately desirable

by the holy poker

A facetious oath of unknown meaning, perhaps belonging to poker²

poke fun at

To make the object of ridicule, taunt

poke one's head

To stoop, hold the head forward

poke one's nose

To pry

red-hot poker

Kniphofia or Tritoma

poke² /pōk/

1. A bag
2. A pouch
3. A pokeful
4. A pocket

pokeˈful noun

As much as a poke will hold

a pig in a poke

A thing bought unseen, or a commitment made to something unknown or unknowable

poke³ /pōk/

1. A projecting brim or front of a bonnet
2. A poke bonnet

poked adjective

poke bonnet noun

A bonnet with a projecting front formerly worn by women

poke⁴ /pōk/

1. A name for various American species of Phytolacca (also pokeˈweed and pokeˈberry)
2. American or white hellebore (Indian poke)

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