Definition of pokes Pokes
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What does pokes mean?
Wiktionary 
- pokes (Noun)
Plural of poke.
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| poke - 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 | ||
| pigeon berry, garget, scoke, Phytolacca americana | ||
| poke - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | ||
| dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer | ||
| do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum person who does no work; "a lazy bum" | ||
| lingerer, loiterer someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place | ||
| slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" | ||
| potterer, putterer a person who putters about | ||
| poke - (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" | ||
| punch, clout, lick, biff, slug | ||
| blow forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" | ||
| pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs fighting with the fists | ||
| counterpunch, parry, counter a return punch (especially by a boxer) | ||
| knockout punch, ko punch, sunday punch, haymaker a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing | ||
| hook a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent | ||
| jab a quick short straight punch | ||
| rabbit punch a short chopping blow to the back of the neck | ||
| poke - a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist" | ||
| jab, jabbing, poking, thrust, thrusting | ||
| gesture motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | ||
| poke - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases | ||
| sack, paper bag, carrier bag | ||
| bag a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" | ||
| doggie bag, doggy bag a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog | ||
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| poke - make a hole by poking | ||
| pierce make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" | ||
| poke - stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace" | ||
| raise up, commove, stir up, disturb, vex, agitate, shake up damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | ||
| poke - poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" | ||
| jab, prod, stab, dig | ||
| thrust push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward" | ||
| poke - hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" | ||
| thump, pound | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| poke - search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" | ||
| intrude, horn in, pry, nose | ||
| search, look try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" | ||
| nose out, scent out, sniff out, smell out recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble" | ||
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Wiktionary
- poke (Noun)
A lazy person; a dawdler. - poke (Noun)
A stupid or uninteresting person. - poke (Noun)
A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward. - poke (Noun)
The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game . - poke (Noun)
An ice cream cone . - poke (Noun)
Pokeweed. - poke (Verb)
To prod or jab with a pointed object such as a finger or a stick. - poke (Verb)
To poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning. - poke (Verb)
To modify the value stored in a memory address.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ð
- poke (n.)
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. - poke (n.)
A bag; a sack; a pocket. - poke (n.)
A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve. - poke (v. t.)
To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire. - poke (v. t.)
To thrust with the horns; to gore. - poke (v. t.)
To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. - poke (v. i.)
To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about. - poke (n.)
The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. - poke (n.)
A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. - poke (n.)
A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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poke
To touch something lightly with a narrow pointed object, like a finger or a stick. -
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To strike hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument, usually repeatedly. -
poke
To search or inquire intrusively. -
poke
To poke or thrust abruptly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary ð
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pÅk, n. a bag: a pouch.âA pig in a poke, a blind bargain, as of a pig bought without being seen. [Prob. Celt., as Ir. poc, a bag.] -
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pÅk, v.t. to thrust or push against with something pointed: to search for with a long instrument: to thrust at with the horns.âv.i. to grope or feel, as in the dark.ân. act of pushing or thrusting: a thrust: a bonnet having a projecting front worn earlier in the centuryâalso Pokeâ²-bonnâ²et.âns. PÅâ²ker, an iron rod for poking or stirring the fire; Poâ²ker-drawâ²ing, a design burnt into lime-tree or other wood with 'pokers,' which rather resembled plumbers' soldering irons.âadj. PÅâ²kerish, like a poker: stiff.âadv. PÅâ²kerishly.âadj. PÅâ²king, drudging, servile.ân. PÅâ²king-stick, a small stick or rod of steel formerly used for adjusting the plaits of ruffs.âadj. PÅâ²ky, stupid: dull: confined, with little room: poor, shabby.âPoke fun at, to ridicule, make fun of. [Ir. poc, a blow, Gael. puc, to push.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue ð
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poke
A blow with the fist: I'll lend you a poke. A poke likewise means a sack: whence, to buy a pig in a poke, i.e. to buy any thing without seeing or properly examining it.
