poke

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
2. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
3. (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around.
4. (dated, transitive) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
5. (transitive) To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
6. (transitive) To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
7. (informal, transitive) To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
8. (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
9. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To penetrate in sexual intercourse.

Noun

1. A prod, jab, or thrust.
2. (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
3. (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
4. An old, worn-out horse.
5. (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
6. (dated) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
7. (informal) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
8. A poke bonnet.
9. (slang) A hit, especially an extra base hit.

Noun

1. (Appalachia, archaic) A sack or bag.
2. A long, wide sleeve.
3. (Northern-Ireland, Scotland) An ice cream cone or a bag of chips

Noun

Pokeweed, and its berries.

Noun

Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.

Sinonieme

jab

thrust

shove

prod

nudge

stab

push

pierce

stick

dig

prick

stick in

tap

hit

spear

sack

pound

💷

thrust in

stuff in

butt

cram in

jog

stir

pick

⛏️

dawdler

push in

carrier bag

nose

👃

jostle

thump

intrude

pry

punch

👊

ram

🐏

touch

poking

lagger

peck

bag

drive in

horn in

pigeon berry

stoke

knock

jabbing

jolt

garget

paper bag

tickle

scoke

Vertalings

schüren

atizar

attizzare

coup de doigt

ficcare

piquer

cutucar

stecken

fourrager

anfachen

remuer

stoßen

stochern

anstupsen

herumstochern

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pəʊk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: poken

Geërf van Middle English: poke

In summary

From Middle English poken, perhaps from Middle Dutch poken or Middle Low German poken, both from Proto-West Germanic *pukōn or similar, which is itself of uncertain origin, but may be from an imitative Proto-Germanic root *puk-. Doublet of poach.