poke
1. to push a finger or other pointed object quickly into someone or something…
Meaning of
poke
in English
poke
verb
us
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poʊk
/
uk
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pəʊk
/
poke
verb
(
PUSH
)
You’ll poke someone
in
the
eye
with that
umbrella
if you’re not
careful
!
Two
kids
were poking a
stick
into
the
gopher
hole
.
poke
verb
(
APPEAR
)
Cathy poked her
head
around the
door
to say
hello
.
The first
green
shoots
are poking
up through
the
soil
.
poke
verb
(
ON INTERNET
)
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Idioms
Phrasal verb
poke
noun
us
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poʊk
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uk
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pəʊk
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She
gave
me a poke
in
the
stomach
.
(Definition of
poke
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
poke
| Intermediate English
poke
verb
us
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poʊk
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poke
verb
(
PUSH
)
push
a
finger
or other
object
into someone or something, or to
push
something through or past someone or something:
Quit poking me to
move
ahead
– there are
people
in
front
of me.
Josie poked her
head
around the
corner
to
see
what made the
noise
.
poke
verb
(
INVOLVE
)
involve
yourself or take
part
in (something) that is not
your
responsibility
or does not
involve
you:
He’s always poking into other people’s
business
.
He gave his
brother
a poke in the
arm
.
Idiom
Phrasal verb
(Definition of
poke
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Examples
of
poke
That’s not a lot of time, but it’s enough to
poke
around the app and make sure it suits your needs.
TIME
Let’s do that fight, and now let’s see how we can
poke
fun at that fight.
A.V. Club
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Ravens poked at the remains of dead animals along the water’s edge.
Los Angeles Times
Getting poked in the eye is no fun.
Los Angeles Times
It was designed to
poke
fun at the former governor.
ABC News
That’s critical to a certain kind of comedy, that takes pokes at the cultural underbelly.
NPR
They constantly
poke
fun at each other’s clothes and weight.
USA TODAY
At one point, she swam under a small piece of broken sea ice, and poked her head up through the hole to watch me.
Gizmodo
The results of overbuilding are easily visible, and just as easy to
poke
fun at.
Foreign Policy
Two young men poked their heads in and looked around suspiciously.
The Atlantic
In fact, it’s a term you
poke
fun with.
NPR
You can still
poke
holes in his game.
Scientists say they poked the frozen creature with a pick and dark liquid blood flowed out.
CNN
They were poking each other in the arm.
The Atlantic
The ail’s door squeaked and the driver poked his head inside.
National Geographic
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