Usually means: Jab or prod someone gently.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. poke: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. poke, poke, poke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poke, poke, poke, poke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. poke: Collins English Dictionary
  5. poke: Vocabulary.com
  6. Poke, poke: Wordnik
  7. poke: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. poke: Wiktionary
  9. poke: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. poke: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. poke: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Poke, poke: Dictionary.com
  13. poke (n.1), poke (n.2), poke (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. poke: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Poke (Facebook), Poke (Hawaii), Poke (Hawaiian dish), Poke (fish salad), Poke (game), Poke (pudding), Poke, The Poke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Poke: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. poke: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. poke: Rhymezone
  19. poke: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. poke: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. POKE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. Poke, Poke, Poke: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. poke: Free Dictionary
  24. poke: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. poke: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  26. poke: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. POKE (disambiguation), poke: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. poke: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. poke: Netlingo
  3. POKE (disambiguation), poke: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. POKE (disambiguation), poke: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. poke: Idioms

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. poke, poke, poke, poke, poke, poke: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. poke: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Poke: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  4. the poke: Urban Dictionary
  5. Poke: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

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

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