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poke

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pōk, IPA^(key): /pəʊk/
• (US) enPR: pōk, IPA^(key): /poʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

poke (third-person singular simple present pokes, present participle poking, simple past and past participle poked)

1. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. [from late 14th c.]
2. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
3. (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around. [from early 19th c.]

   Synonyms: fumble, glaum, root; see also Thesaurus:feel around

4. (transitive, computing, dated) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).

   Coordinate term: peek
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. (transitive, informal, social media) 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. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate in sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: drill, nail, pound; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

   • 1996 November 25, Washington Times quoted in The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs[2]:

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

poke (plural pokes)

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. (computing, 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, social media) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
8. A poke bonnet.
9. (baseball, slang) A hit, especially an extra base hit.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke (whence pocket), from Frankish *poka. More at pocket. Doublet of pouch.

Noun

poke (plural pokes)

2. (archaic or Appalachia) A sack or bag. [from early 13th c.]
   • 1605, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Brittaine, 1629 edition, Proverbes, page 276:

     When the Pig is proffered, hold vp the poke.

   • 1627, Michael Drayton, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, 1907 edition, poem Nimphidia:

     And suddainly vntyes the Poke,
     Which out of it sent such a smoke,
     As ready was them all to choke,
     So greeuous was the pother […]

   • 1814, September 4, The Examiner, volume 13, number 349, article French Fashions, page 573:

     … and as to shape, a nightmare has as much. Under the poke and the muff-box, the face sometimes entirely disappears …
3. A long, wide sleeve.

   Synonym: poke sleeve

4. (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone or a bag of chips

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of pocan (“pokeweed”) or directly borrowed from Powhatan pocan. See pocan for more.

Noun

poke (uncountable)

2. (dialectal) Pokeweed, and its berries.

Synonyms

• see the list at pokeweed

Derived terms

• poke salad
• pokeweed

Translations

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hawaiian poke (literally “to cut crosswise into pieces”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊkeɪ/, /ˈpoʊki/
• Rhymes: -əʊkeɪ, -əʊki

Noun

poke (uncountable)

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

Usage notes

Often typeset as poké to aid pronunciation as two syllables.

Alternative forms

• poké

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ceviche
• crudo

Anagrams

• kepo

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoke/, [ˈpo̞k̟e̞]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification^(key): po‧ke
• Hyphenation^(key): po‧ke

Etymology 1

Shortened slang form of portsari (“doorman”).

Noun

poke (slang)

1. doorman, bouncer (at a bar or nightclub)

Declension

Etymology 2

Shortened slang form of porno (“pornography”).

Noun

poke (slang)

1. pornography

Declension

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ke/

Noun

poke

1. section, slice, piece, part, portion

Verb

poke

1. (transitive) to slice, to cut crosswise into pieces
2. (transitive) to press out (as the meat from a limpet shell)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoke/

Adverb

poke

1. slightly

Kangean

Etymology

Derived from Dutch peukje (“butt”) or poesje (“pussy, vagina”). Cognates to Javindo poekie (“pussy”), Madurese pokeh (“vagina”), Javanese puki (“pussy”), Hawaiian puka (“hole”) and Maori puta (“anus”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧ke

Noun

poke

2. (vulgar, anatomy) female genitalia; the vulva or vagina.
3. (archaic) butt

   Synonym: bure’ (“ass”)

Maori

Adjective

poke

1. grimy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pok, poc, puke

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman poke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːk(ə)/

Noun

poke (plural pokes)

1. sack, pouch, bag
   • c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Miller's Prologue and Tale:

Descendants

• English: poke (regional)
• Scots: pock, poke, pok, polk, pook, pyock
• Yola: poake, pooke
• → Irish: póca

References

• “pōke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• poque, pouche, puche

Etymology

From Frankish *pokā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.kə/

Noun

poke oblique singular, f (oblique plural pokes, nominative singular poke, nominative plural pokes)

1. (Old Northern French) sack

   E puis les poudrez bien de sel e les mettez ensemble en une poke de bon kanevaz

Derived terms

• poket, poquet, poquete (diminutives)

Descendants

• Picard: poque
• Norman: pouque, pouquette
• → Middle English: poke, pok, poc, puke
  • English: poke (regional)
  • Scots: pock, poke, pok, polk, pook, pyock
  • Yola: poake, pooke
  • → Irish: póca

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English poke

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -owki
• Hyphenation: po‧ke

Noun

poke m (plural pokes)

1. poke (Hawaiian seafood dish)

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *pokowjä-, earlier *pākewjä-, from pre-Tocharian *bʰeh₂ǵʰow-h₁en- (definite), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Compare Tocharian B pokai.

Noun

poke

1. arm

References

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “poko*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 434

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier *pʷuka-i, from Proto-Oceanic *pʷuka, variant of *puka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poke/

Verb

poke

1. to fall

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

Source: wiktionary.org