Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poking"
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)
Poking \Pok"ing\, a.
Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]
Bred to some poking profession. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
poking
n : 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}, {poke}, {thrust}, {thrusting}]
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