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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
      dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
      blow, Gael. puc to push.]
      1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
            hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
  
                     He poked John, and said [bd]Sleepest thou ?[b8]
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
  
      3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
            [Colloq. U. S.]
  
      {To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]
  
      {To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]
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