Poke

Verb

 * 1) To prod or jab with a pointed object such as a finger or a stick.
 * 2) To poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
 * 3)  To rummage as in to poke about in.
 * 4) To kick with the toe, or the front of a boot.

Derived terms

 * poke along
 * poke box
 * poke fun
 * toepoke

Verb

 * 1)  To modify the value stored in (a memory address).

Noun

 * 1)  The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
 * 2) * 1988, "Lloyd Mangram", Forum (in Crash magazine issue 54, July 1988)
 * Perhaps all those super hackers who so regularly produce infinite lives etc. could produce pokes to be used by 128K users.

Noun

 * 1)  A sack or bag.
 * 2) * c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Miller's Prologue and Tale:
 * Gerveys answerde, “Certes, were it gold, / Or in a poke nobles alle untold, / Thou sholdest have, as I am trewe smyth.
 * 1) * c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 2, scene 7:
 * And then he drew a dial from his poke, / And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye, / Says very wisely, ‘It is ten o'clock…’
 * 1) * 1605, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Brittaine, 1629 edition, Proverbes, page 276:
 * When the Pig is proffered, hold vp the poke.
 * 1) * 1627, Michael Drayton, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, 1907 edition, poem Nimphidia:
 * And suddainly vntyes the Poke, / Which out of it sent such a smoke, / As ready was them all to choke, / So greeuous was the pother [...].
 * 1) * 1814, September 4, The Examiner, volume 13, number 349, article French Fashions, page 573:
 * … and as to shape, a nightmare has as much. Under the poke and the muff-box, the face sometimes entirely disappears …
 * 1) * 1946, Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 91:
 * In the summertime they'd reach out and snatch your straw hat right off your head, and if you were fool enough to go after it your poke was bound to be lighter when you came out.
 * 1) Common name for an ice cream cone in Northern Ireland and Scotland

Derived terms

 * buy a pig in a poke

Noun

 * 1)  Pokeweed.

Adverbs for Poke
coyly; tantalizingly; brutally; warningly; cautiously; teasingly; facetiously; delicately; humorously; amorously.

Thesaurus
Roman candle, aid to navigation, alarm, amber light, amble, arouse, assault, awaken, bag, balefire, balloon, bang, bash, bat, beacon, beacon fire, bear, bear upon, bearing, beat the bushes, beat the drum, beating, beetle, bell, bell buoy, belt, biff, billfold, bladder, blinker, blockhead, blow, blue peter, bonk, boost, box, buck, buffet, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, buoy, burrow, busybody, butt, butt against, butt in, caution light, chaff, chop, chump, clap, claudicate, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, come in contact, crack, cram, crawl, creep, crowd, cuff, cut, cut and thrust, dally, dash, dawdle, deal, deal a blow, deck, delve, diddle, dig, dillydally, dimwit, dint, dip, dogtrot, dolt, doodle, dope, drag, drag along, drag out, drive, drub, drubbing, drumming, dumbbell, elbow, exchange colors, excite, explore, feel, feel of, feint, fetch, fetch a blow, finger, flag, flag down, flail at, flail away at, flare, flash, flick, flog, fob, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn, forage, force, frisk, fusillade, galvanize, give a signal, give the nod, glance, go dead slow, go light, go slow, go through, goad, gong buoy, green light, hail, hail and speak, half-mast, handbag, handle, head, heliograph, high sign, hit, hit a clip, hit at, hobble, hoist a banner, hunt, hurtle, hustle, idiot, idle, ignoramus, inch, inch along, interfere, international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, intrude, investigate, jab, jam, jeer at, jog, jog-trot, joggle, jolt, jostle, jut, kick, kid, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, lag, lash, lash out at, laze, leer, let drive at, let fly at, let have it, lick, limp, linger, loiter, lollygag, look around, look round, look through, lunge at, make a sign, make fun of, manipulate, marker beacon, meddle, mock, money belt, money clip, moron, mosey, mouse, needle, nod, nose, nose around, nudge, overhang, palm, palpate, parachute flare, paste, paw, pelt, piddle, pile drive, pilot flag, plunk, ply, pocket, pocketbook, poke along, poke around, poke at, poke fun at, police whistle, porte-monnaie, pouch, pound, pout, press, pressure, prick, probe, procrastinate, prod, project, protrude, provoke, pry, punch, purse, purse strings, push, put off, quarantine flag, quicken, radio beacon, raise a cry, ram, ram down, rap, rattle, red flag, red light, research, rib, ridicule, rocket, root, rouse, run, run against, sac, sack, sailing aid, salute, saunter, search, search through, semaphore, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, send up, shake, shoulder, shove, shuffle along, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal gong, signal gun, signal lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal post, signal rocket, signal shot, signal siren, signal tower, signalize, slam, slog, slug, smack, smash, smell around, smite, snap, snook, snoop, soak, sock, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, spank, spar buoy, speak, spur, stab, stagger along, stand out, stick, stick out, stimulate, sting, stir, stop light, stress, strike, strike at, strike out at, stroke, stroll, swat, swing, swing at, swing on, swipe, tamp, tamper, tap, tarry, tattoo, taunt, tease, the nod, the wink, thrust, thrust at, thumb, thump, thwack, toddle, toddle along, totter along, touch, traffic light, traffic signal, trail, traipse, twiddle, twit, unfurl a flag, waddle, walk, wallet, wallop, watch fire, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, whack, wham, whip, white flag, whop, wield, wigwag, wigwag flag, wink, worm, worm along, yellow flag, yerk

Etymology 1
Perhaps from poken: OR  poken: (both from ), perhaps imitative.

Etymology 2
From poke:, whence pocket:

Etymology 3
From pokeweed:, by shortening

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, anstupsen, anstupsen
 * Hindi: Ungali Karna
 * Italian:, pungolare, spronare


 * Norwegian: pna
 * Polish: dźgnąć
 * Russian: ,
 * Santali:
 * Spanish: hurgar
 * Swedish:


 * Czech: prohrábnout
 * Dutch: poken
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Norwegian: nøre
 * Swedish:


 * German:

Noun

 * Finnish: säkki


 * German: Sack

Noun

 * 1) sack
 * E puis les poudrez bien de sel e les mettez ensemble en une poke de bon kanevaz

Synonyms

 * pouche

Derived terms

 * poket

Noun

 * 1)  doorman, bouncer (at a bar or nightclub)
 * 2)  pornography

Etymology
from portsari

Adjective
poke


 * 1) grimy