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UK
/pˈəʊk/
]
[ US /ˈpoʊk/ ]
[ US /ˈpoʊk/ ]
VERB
- make a hole by poking
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stir by poking
poke the embers in the fireplace -
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
the salesman pounded the door knocker
a bible-thumping Southern Baptist -
poke or thrust abruptly
he jabbed his finger into her ribs -
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
This guy is always nosing around the office
NOUN
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(boxing) a blow with the fist
I gave him a clout on his nose -
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
he made a thrusting motion with his fist
he warned me with a jab with his finger - tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
How To Use poke In A Sentence
- A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- Katherine spoke softly, sometimes hesitantly and sometimes in a rush, with a great deal more emotional inflection than the voice she uses when acting the cool professional.
- He expressed his racial hatred for everyone, especially OBama making veiled death threats, spoke of other dangerous topics etc … and then offered to sell me a mosser rifle as he was buying a a whole shippment of them. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
- I'm currently enjoying the odd effect of chancing across spoken word excerpts in the original Italian.
- She spoke of a new beginning for the nation.
- The Press of Atlantic City interviewed Kuras, who spoke in confused, broken English.
- He spoke of the difference between the journey and the destination and how lasting success was found at the latter. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘The council operates a priority order for gritting roads and footpaths,’ a spokesman said.
- Just like playing poker, it's all about bluffing. The Sun