Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, often)To ridicule.

Origin

From poke borak or poke borack, probably by substitution of the unfamiliar word, by the la

From poke borak or poke borack, probably by substitution of the unfamiliar word, by the law of Hobson-Jobson.

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Forms

pokes borax, poking borax, poked borax, poked borax
Base formpoke borax · to poke borax
3rd person singularpokes borax
Present participlepoking borax
Past simplepoked borax
Past participlepoked borax

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypoke borax
he, she, itpokes borax

Past simpleLesson

all personspoked borax

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave poked borax
he, she, ithas poked borax

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill poke borax

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poisonB1poisonousB1pokepokerpolar
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