poke

CEFRB2

/pəʊk/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To push or touch someone or something with a finger or object.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To rummage; to feel or grope around.

Examples

  • I bought a pig in a poke yesterday.

  • I don't mean to poke my nose into your affairs.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpoʊkeɪ/
  • /ˈpoʊki/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.

  2. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.

  3. To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).

More examples

In context

  • I poked about in the rubble, trying to find my lost keys.

  • When the Pig is proffered, hold vp the poke.

  • to poke an ox

Synonyms

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He used a sharp stick to slowly blank the fire and make the flames grow.

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Origin

verb

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.