The Meaning of poke

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A bag; a sack; a pocket.
• (n.) A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
• (v. t.) To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
• (v. t.) To thrust with the horns; to gore.
• (v. t.) To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
• (v. i.) To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
• (n.) The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
• (n.) A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
• (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.

Synonyms

pigeon berry , garget , scoke , Phytolacca americana , dawdler , drone , laggard , lagger , trailer , sack , paper bag , carrier bag , jab , jabbing , poking , thrust , thrusting , punch , clout , lick , biff , slug , jab , prod , stab , dig , intrude , horn in , pry , nose , thump , pound

Homophones

polk

Rhymes

artichoke , awoke , backstroke , baroque , bloke , boak , boake , boeck , boeke , bouck , broke , choke , cloak , cloke , coke , countryfolk , croak , croke , doak , doke , droke , evoke , folk , goecke , goeke , gohlke , hoek , hoke , holyoke , invoke , joke , keystroke , knoke , koch , koke , kolk , larocque , laroque , misspoke , moacq , moak , moke , noack , oak , polk , provoke , revoke , roanoke , roque , schmoke , schoeck , schroeck , scoke , sloke , slowpoke , smoak , smoke , snoke , soak , spoke , stoke , stroke , szoke , townsfolk , windhoek , woke , wolk , wouk , yoak , yoke , yolk