📖 Definitions of "Pokes"
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A prod, jab, or thrust.
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A lazy person; a dawdler.
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A stupid or uninteresting person.
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A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
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To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
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To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
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To rummage; to feel or grope around.
"I poked about in the rubble, trying to find my lost keys."
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To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
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A sack or bag.
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A long, wide sleeve.
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An ice cream cone.
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Pokeweed
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pokes"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| prodnoun | (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch. |
| jabbingnoun | A motion or gesture that jabs; a jab. |
| jabnoun | (British) A medical hypodermic injection (vaccination or inoculation). |
| stabnoun | (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. |
| thumpnoun | The sound of such a blow; a thud. |
| punchnoun | (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist. |
| biffnoun | (informal) A sudden, sharp blow or punch. |
| thrustnoun | A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.) |
| thrustingnoun | The motion by which someone or something thrusts. |
| carrier bagnoun | (UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items. |
| paper bagnoun | A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for carrying groceries. |
| sacknoun | A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel. |
| gargetnoun | A distemper in pigs accompanied by staggering and loss of appetite. |
| lickverb | (transitive) To stroke with the tongue. |
| pryverb | (intransitive) To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public. |
| digverb | (transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way. |
| nosenoun | A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell. |
| poundnoun | A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. |
| scokenoun | Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra). |
| phytolacca americana | Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. |
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