poke
poke
poƊk
powk
/pˈə‍ʊk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "poke"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create a hole by pushing with a pointed object
Transitive: to poke a hole somewhere
to poke definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using a stick, the child poked a hole in the sand to create a small well.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āϕ⧂āĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āύ⧁āχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to jab or prod with a finger or a pointed object, often to get someone's attention or to cause discomfort
Transitive: to poke sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child poked the dog with a stick, unaware of the potential danger.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϤāϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to hit or punch lightly and quickly, often in a playful or teasing manner
Transitive: to poke sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As a friendly gesture, Sarah would often poke her classmate's arm to say hello in the hallway.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻšāϞāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻ ā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
04

āφāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇ āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gently nudge or stir a fire to increase its heat or spread the flames
Transitive: to poke a fire
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before adding more wood, he poked the bonfire to ensure that it was burning evenly.
āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻ  āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

to penetrate someone during sexual intercourse

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Slang
Vulgar
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She wanted him to poke her from behind.
01

āĻŽā§āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϘāĻžāϤ, āϘ⧁āώāĻŋ

(boxing) a blow with the fist
02

āφāϘāĻžāϤ, āĻ–ā§‹āρāϚāĻž

a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
03

āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ—, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāϕ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĨāϞ⧇

a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
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āϧ⧀āϰ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
05

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāχāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻĄāĻŋāĻļ āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ›, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āϟ⧁āύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāύ

a Hawaiian dish typically made with raw fish, such as tuna or salmon, marinated in a sauce and served over rice or as a salad

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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