Definition of poke

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

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Poke :: Poke (v. t.) To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire..
Dig :: Dig (n.) A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t., 4..
Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..
As :: As (adv. & conj.) While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke..
Prosopop/ia :: Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification..
Pokebag :: Pokebag (n.) The European long-tailed titmouse; -- called also poke-pudding.
Spoliated :: Spokesman (n.) One who speaks for another.
Mouthpiece :: Mouthpiece (n.) One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party..
Last :: Last (a.) At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York..
Glib :: Glib (superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech..
Punch :: Punch (v. t.) To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow..
Hiberno-celtic :: Hiberno-Celtic (n.) The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.
Poket :: Poket (n.) A pocket.
Straddle :: Straddle (v. i.) To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
French :: French (n.) The language spoken in France.
Poker :: Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States..
Boke :: Boke (v. t. & i.) To poke; to thrust.
Well-spoken :: Well-spoken (a.) Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking kindly.
Mistigri :: Mistigri (n.) A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri..
Side :: Side (n.) The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc..
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