Poke

(Bot.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (Phytolacca 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.

A bag; a sack; a pocket.

They wallowed as pigs in a poke.

- Chaucer.

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.

v. t.

To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

[imp. & p. p. Poked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Poking.]

He poked John, and said "Sleepest thou ?"

- Chaucer.

To thrust with the horns; to gore.

To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.

To poke fun
to excite fun; to joke; to jest.

To poke fun at
to make a butt of; to ridicule.

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.

The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.

A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.

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

Poke bonnet
a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.

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

poke - The BASIC command to write a value to an absolute address.

See peek.

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