poke : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: poke	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for poke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poke n 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 Synonym(s): poke, pigeon berry, garget, scoke, Phytolacca americana someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind Synonym(s): dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases Synonym(s): sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" Synonym(s): jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" Synonym(s): punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug v poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" Synonym(s): jab, prod, stab, poke, dig search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" Synonym(s): intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke 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" Synonym(s): thump, pound, poke make a hole by poking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poke \Poke\, v. i. To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about. A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poke \Poke\, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. --Ld. Lytton. 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. 3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.] {Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.) A large North American herb of the genus {Phytolacca} ({P. decandra}), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also {garget}, {pigeon berry}, {pocan}, and {pokeweed}. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha; akin to Icel. poki, OD. poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf. also Gael. poca, and OF. poque. Cf. {Pock}, {Pocket}, {Pouch}.] 1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. [bd]He drew a dial from his poke.[b8] --Shak. They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer. 2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also {poke sleeve}. {To boy a pig a poke} (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden.
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.]
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
poke n.,vt. See {peek}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
poke The {BASIC} command to write a value to an absolute address. See {peek}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-31)