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    [Noun]  | "poke" | \ ˈpōk \


    1: bag, sack

    2: wallet

    3: purse

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French {mat|pocket|};

    [Noun]  | "poke" 


    1: a quick thrust : jab

    2: a blow with the fist : punch

    3: a projecting brim on the front of a woman's bonnet

    Origin: 1690 ;

    [Noun]  | "poke" 


    1: pokeweed

    Origin: 1687 ;

     Perhaps modification of Virginia Algonquian pocone, poughkone puccoon;

    [Noun]  | "po*ke" | \ ˈpō-ˌkā \


    1: a Hawaiian salad made typically from cubed pieces of raw seafood (such as tuna) marinated with soy sauce and sesame oil and mixed with onions or other ingredients

    Origin: 1977 ;

    [Noun]  | "stick and poke" 


    1: a nonelectronic method of tattooing that is performed by using a needle dipped in ink to place the ink one dot at a time into the outer layer of the skin; also : a tattoo created using this method —often used before another noun

    Origin: 2008 ;

    [Verb]  | "poke" 


    1: prod, jab

    2: to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing

    3: to cause to prod : thrust

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch poken to poke;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "poke about" 


    1: to look around or search through something —often used figuratively

    [Phrasal verb]  | "poke along" 


    1: to move along very slowly

    [Phrasal verb]  | "poke around" 


    1: to look around or search through something —often used figuratively

    [Noun phrase]  | "pig in a poke" 


    1: something offered in such a way as to obscure its real nature or worth

    Origin: 1555 ;

    [Noun]  | "poke" 


    1: a quick thrust;


      * e.g., " ... please stop giving the cat pokes while it's trying to sleep "



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    2: a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument;


      * e.g., " ... you'd better shut up if you don't want a poke on the nose "



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    3: an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings;


      * e.g., " ... the constantly bickering husband and wife seem unable to let five minutes pass without an exchange of gratuitous pokes "



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    [Noun]  | "poke" 


    1: a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic);


      * e.g., " ... the old warning against buying a pig in a poke "



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    [Verb]  | "poke" 


    1: to extend outward beyond a usual point;


      * e.g., " ... saw his head poking through the window "




    2: to interest oneself in what is not one's concern;


      * e.g., " ... told him to stop poking into other people's business "




    3: to move or act slowly;


      * e.g., " ... just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much "



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    [Verb]  | "poke (around)" 


    [Phrase]  | "poke fun at" 


    1: to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter;


      * e.g., " ... Poking fun at the corny romantic comedies they watch is a favorite pleasure of theirs. "



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     [ "poke" ]

    1: What my mom tells me not to be doing to any girls at the age of 1

      * e.g.,  ... "Now Jake don't go around poking any girls" 

     [ "poke" ]

    1: a slang term in reference to sexual intercourse; see also: bone

      * e.g.,  ... all my friends are dying to poke me. 

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    1: in northern ireland poke is another word for ice cream on a cone. so if offered a poke u are not being offered sex!

      * e.g.,  ... "fancy a poke" "aye go on!" 

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    2: if you hear the term "pokie" this refers to the seller of the ice cream. usually in a van or other mobile stall.

      * e.g.,  ... "who wants a poke" 

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    1: a gesture on the online community of Facebook that is sure to leave the recipient utterly baffled.

      * e.g.,  ... Charlotte Just gave me a poke man... Does that mean she wants to bang you? 

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    1: a bag or sack of sorts holding mistly goods. The term is oft' used in Appalachian English in between-local-folk settings.

      * e.g.,  ... I got a poke of candy down at the corner store You put the cat in the poke. When I was a kid, I used to walk twenty miles to the store to bring a poke of flaer home. 

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    1: The act of being stabbed

      * e.g.,  ...  Nigga, you wanna get poked? 

     [ "poke" ]

    1: To have sex with. To make love to. To bang bang.

      * e.g.,  ... I poked her doggie style...He poked me all night long...Jim Poked that hot girl 

     [ "poke" ]

    1: To touch something but without much force, often with a small impliment.

      * e.g.,  ... ''He toe poked it over the goal line'' 

     [ "poke" ]

    1: n. On Facebook, a coded, subtle message sent to a recipient of sender's choice. Nearest literal english translation is "I have social insecurities."

      * e.g.,  ... "This hot chick's in a bunch of my classes, but I'm too self-conscious to say hi. I'm a loser." 

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    1:  n. The Facebook's outreach to passively-aggressive suitors, stalkers, and lushes. comes in the form of an announcement of itself on your Home page. See poke back and hide poke.

      * e.g.,  ... "Well, Jim, Jack, and Johnny, who needs a poke tonight?" 

     [ "poke" ]

    2: 2 v. to perform the process of sending a poke.

      * e.g.,  ... "Ugh! Someone from a state school poked me!" 

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