poke
/poʊk/ noun C2- A prod, jab, or thrust.
- A lazy person; a dawdler.
- A stupid or uninteresting person.
- An old, worn-out horse.
- A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
- The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
- A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
- A poke bonnet.
Plural pokes
Phrasal verbs and expressions
Other matches
- poke To prod or jab with an object such as a finger ... B2
- poke A sack or bag, especially a paper bag. C2
- poke Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafoo... C2
- poke about To search for something, especially in an unorg...
- poke along To move along very slowly.
- poke around To search for something, especially in an unorg...
- poke out To be partly visible past an obstruction or obs...
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