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      poke
      noun
      A prod, jab, or thrust.
      (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
      (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
      An old, worn-out horse.
      (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
      (informal, social media) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
      A poke bonnet.
      (baseball, slang) A hit, especially an extra base hit.
      A long, wide sleeve.
      (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone or a bag of chips
      (Hawaii) Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.
      A surname.
      (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.
      (dialectal) Pokeweed, and its berries.
      (archaic or Appalachia) A sack or bag.
      verb
      To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
      To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
      (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around.
      (transitive) To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
      (transitive) To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
      (transitive, informal, social media) To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
      (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
      (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate in sexual intercourse.
      (transitive, computing, dated) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
      Synonyms for poke
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      Words related to poke
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