Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poke"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha; akin to Icel. poki, OD.
poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf. also Gael. poca, and OF.
poque. Cf. {Pock}, {Pocket}, {Pouch}.]
1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. ``He drew a dial from his poke.''
--Shak.

They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer.

2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also {poke sleeve}.

{To boy a pig a poke} (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing
without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
blow, Gael. puc to push.]
1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?''
--Chaucer.

2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.

3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
[Colloq. U. S.]

{To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]

{To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Poke \Poke\, v. i.
To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as,
to poke about.

A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.)
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Poke \Poke\, n.
1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the
ribs. --Ld. Lytton.

2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting
person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.

3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or
breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole
inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.]

{Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

poke
n 1: 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 [syn: {pigeon berry}, {garget}, {scoke},
{Phytolacca americana}]
2: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's
purchases [syn: {sack}, {paper bag}, {carrier bag}]
3: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with
a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with
his fist" [syn: {jab}, {jabbing}, {poking}, {thrust}, {thrusting}]
4: (boxing) a blow with the fist [syn: {punch}, {lick}, {biff}]
v 1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
ribs" [syn: {jab}, {prod}, {stab}, {dig}]
2: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: {pry}, {nose}]
3: stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"
4: hit hard with the had, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
Southern Baptist" [syn: {thump}, {pound}]
5: make a hole by poking


Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup

Enter word here:
Exact Approx


dict.stokkie.net
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents; see the Webster Gateway FAQ, and also the Back-end/database links and credits.