Meaning
15 sensesA prod, jab, or thrust.
(US, slang)A lazy person; a dawdler.
(US, slang)A stupid or uninteresting person.
An old, worn-out horse.
(US)A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
(dated)The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
(informal)A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
A poke bonnet.
(slang)A hit, especially an extra base hit.
(Appalachia, Southern US)A sack or bag, especially a paper bag.
poke of reefer
Sack
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
A long, wide sleeve.
(Northern Ireland, Scotland)An ice cream cone.
Examples
108 sentencesTom was poking at the fire.
Tom got poked in the eye.
I got poked in the eye.
We poked fun at each other.
Tom is poking at the fire.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English poken, perhaps from Middle Dutch poken or Middle Low German poken, botFrom Middle English poken, perhaps from Middle Dutch poken or Middle Low German poken, both from Proto-West Germanic *pukōn or similar, which is itself of uncertain origin, but may be from an imitative Proto-Germanic root *puk-. Doublet of poach.
From Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke (whence pocket), from Frankish *poka. More at pocket. Doublet of pouch. First attested in the early 13th c.
Clipping of pocan (“pokeweed”) or directly borrowed from Powhatan pocan. See pocan for more.
Borrowed from Hawaiian poke (literally “to cut crosswise into pieces”).
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Forms
plural: pokesSynonyms
24 synonyms- 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:pigeon berrygargetscokePhytolacca americana
- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases:sackpaper bagcarrier bag
- (boxing) a blow with the fist:punchcloutlickbiffslug
- a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow):jabjabbingpokingthrustthrusting
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind:dawdlerdronelaggardlaggertrailer