poke
/poʊk/ verb B2- To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
- To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
- To rummage; to feel or grope around. · I poked about in the rubble, trying to find my lost keys.
- To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
- To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal). · to poke an ox
- To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
- To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
- To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
He/she/it pokes · Past poked · Past participle poked · -ing form poking
Verb forms
- Base form
- poke
- He/she/it
- pokes
- Past
- poked
- Past participle
- poked
- -ing form
- poking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“That may make me feel badly tomorrow, Josie,” laughed Anne, “but just now I honestly feel that as long as I know the violets are coming out all purple down in the hollow below Green Gables and that little ferns are poking their heads up in Lovers’ Lane, it’s not a great deal of difference whether I win the Avery or not.
Miss Barry, who was sitting behind them, leaned forward and poked Marilla in the back with her parasol.
I’m hoping we will get our work done before they get poking their noses into it and messing up all the trails.
Other matches
- poke A sack or bag, especially a paper bag. C2
- poke A prod, jab, or thrust. 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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