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- Dictionarypoke/pəʊk/
verb
- 1. jab or prod (someone or something) with one's finger or a sharp object: "he poked Benny in the ribs and pointed" Similar
- 2. thrust (something, such as one's head) in a particular direction: "I poked my head around the door to see what was going on"
noun
- 1. an act of poking someone or something: "she gave the fire a poke" Similar
- 2. a look or search around a place: informal "his mother comes into his room sometimes and has a poke round"
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to (cause something to) appear or stretch out from behind or through something else: Cathy poked her head round the door to say hello. poke up through The first green shoots are poking up through the soil. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. poke verb (ON INTERNET)
verb. poked; poking. transitive verb. 1. a(1) : prod, jab. poked him in the ribs. (2) : to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing.
Poke definition: to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, such as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.. See examples of POKE used in a sentence.
Poke (/ ˈpoʊkeɪ /; Hawaiian for 'to slice' or 'cut crosswise into pieces'; [3][4] sometimes anglicised as poké to aid pronunciation as two syllables) [5][6][7] is a dish of diced raw fish tossed in sauce and served either as an appetizer or a main course. [8][9] History. Pre-contact period. Lomi ʻōʻio.
If you poke someone or something, you quickly push them with your finger or with a sharp object.
to quickly push your finger or other pointed object into someone or something: Nell kept poking me in the arm. He poked the fire with his stick. poke (sth) round/out/through, etc. to appear through or from behind something, or to make something do this: Grace poked her head round the door.
A poke is a jab or a sharp push, usually with something thin or pointed, like a finger, a stick, or even an elbow. The main idea behind a poke is a prodding action that creates a depression or hole, as when you poke someone in the ribs with your finger.
Poke, dish of Hawaiian origin composed of small pieces of raw fish that are marinated and then served with vegetables, rice, and other ingredients. In the Polynesian language spoken in Hawaii, poke, which rhymes with okay, means “chunk” or “something cut away,” usually by crosscutting.
noun. /pəʊk/. /pəʊk/. Idioms. [countable, usually singular] the action of quickly pushing your fingers or another object into somebody/something. to give the fire a poke. He gave me a poke in the ribs to wake me up.
Someone had poked a message under the door. Don't poke her eye out with that stick! [intransitive] + adv./prep. if an object is poking out of, through, etc. something, you can see a part of it that is no longer covered by something else The end of the cable was left poking out of the wall.
