Poke

Definition: Poke

Poke

Noun

1. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous.

2. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.

3. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist".

4. (boxing) a blow with the fist.

Verb

1. Poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs".

2. Search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office".

3. Stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace".

4. Hit hard with the had, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist".

5. Make a hole by poking.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "poke" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Computing

Literature

Multilingual Slang

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

POKE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Poke

Activity

Tamper with, meddle, moil; intermeddle, interfere, interpose; obtrude; poke one's nose in, thrust one's nose in.

Attack

Strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at; bear down upon.

Calefaction

Fire; set fire to, set on fire; kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light; apply the match to, apply the torch to; rekindle, relume; fan the flame, add fuel to the flame; poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire; make a bonfire of.

Convexity

Verb: be prominent; Adjective: project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge, bunch; jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out; stick up, bristle up, start up, shoot up; swell over, hang over, bend over; beetle.

Impulse

Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish).

Inactivity

Verb: be inactive; Adjective: do nothing; move slowly; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile.

Intention

Speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke; (uncertainty); fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer; limit.

Speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards.

Rashness

Take a leap in the dark, buy a pig in a poke.

Receptacle

Pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver; (magazine).

Ridicule

Play upon, play tricks upon; fool to the top of one's bent; laugh at, grin at, smile at; poke fun at.

Ship

Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine.

Slowness

Slow goer, slow coach, slow back; lingerer, loiterer, sluggard, tortoise, snail; poke; dawdle; (inactive).

Uncertainty

Vagueness; Adjective: haze, fog; obscurity; (darkness); ambiguity; (double meaning); contingency, dependence, dependency, double contingency, possibility upon a possibility; open question; (question); onus probandi; blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other; needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay; roving commission.

Crosswords: Poke

Portuguese (POKE).

You wanna take a poke at me (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi)

I had thought it was the one when our parents bought us hamsters and forgot to poke holes in the boxes, but at least that had a moment of suspense (Wings; writing credit: Ere Kokkonen)

I don't even like seeing your head poke through your sweater (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

You oughta buy yourself a sheet and poke two holes in it and go around setting fires (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; writing credit: Harriet Frank Jr.; William Inge)

If somebody was going to poke themselves in the eye every other Wednesday, would you f g mind doing it (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime García Estrada)

Tone and Poke lace the track (Freakin It; performing artist: Will Smith)

Liar's Poke Her (1995)

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Books

• A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems (reference)

• Look Inside a House (A Poke & Look Learning Book) (reference)

• Nighty-Night (A Poke & Look Book) (reference)

• One Green Frog (A Poke & Look Book) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Love Poke Here (reference)

• Peek & Poke (reference)

• Poke It Out [CD/Cassette] [CD-SINGLE] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pig for sale -- in a poke. Credit: Library of Congress.

World's Fair, railroad pageant. Poke bonnet III. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Sometimes the cornea is damaged after a foreign object has penetrated the tissue, such as from a poke in the eye. At other times, bacteria or fungi from a contaminated contact lens can pass into the cornea. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "poke": A pig in a poke ♦ buy a pig in a poke ♦ don't poke your nose everywhere! ♦ give the fire a poke ♦ indian poke ♦ jill poke ♦ killer poke ♦ pig in a poke ♦ poke about ♦ poke about for ♦ poke and pry ♦ poke around ♦ poke at ♦ poke bonnet ♦ poke check ♦ poke fun ♦ poke fun at ♦ poke fun at smb. ♦ poke in ♦ poke into ♦ poke into other people's business ♦ poke line ♦ poke milkweed ♦ poke one's nose ♦ poke one's nose in ♦ poke one's nose into ♦ poke one's nose into other people's affairs ♦ poke oneself up ♦ poke out ♦ poke out one's eye ♦ poke sleeve ♦ poke smb. in the ribs ♦ poke the fire ♦ poke through ♦ poke up ♦ poke vibrator ♦ To boy a pig a poke ♦ to poke ♦ To poke fun ♦ To poke fun at. Additional references.

Beginning with "poke": poke-bonnet, poke-pudding.

Ending with "poke": piggy-in-a-poke, pig-in-a-poke, toe-poke.

Albanian

përtac (dangler, dawdler, do nothing, do-naught, faineant, good for nothing, idle, Idler, indolent, lazy, moocher, ne'er do well, otiose, slacker, slothful, sluggard, snail, sundowner, swabber, truant, twiddler), trazoj (agitate, break up, commingle, dash, dismay, distemper, disturb, fidget, flitter, flurry, fluster, flutter, harass, Harry, incommode, intermix, jumble, knead, perturb, pother, ruffle, shuffle, stir, turn, vex), trazim (agitation, commotion, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, disturbance, dust, elaboration, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, immixture, kneading, melange, mixing, mixture, perturbation, turbidity, turbulence), thes (bag, receptacle, sack, sacking), strehë kapele, shtytje (boost, dub, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, incitement, inducement, jostle, persuasive, pressure, prompt, prompting, propulsion, push, repulsion), shpupurish (dishevel, ruffle, tousle), shpoj (bore, broach, drill, drive, flesh, hole, impale, jab, perforate, Pierce, pink, prick, prickle, punch, puncture, run through, Spike, spit, stab, stick, sting), shpim (boring, drilling, jab, perforation, prick, pricking, puncture, sinking, tingle), qëlloj (batter, clip, clout, conk, discharge, fetch, flap, get, hammer, hit, impinge, knock, lay out, paddle, pop, pot, pound, rifle, shoot, slap, slug, smite, strike, switch), kasketë (cap, forage cap, pork pie hat), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), fut (accept, cram into, drive, drive in, embed, engrain, enter, establish, foot, hide, insert, intercalate, interpolate, introduce, launch, let in, mix in, move in, number, plunge, pour into, put, put in the picture, put smb. wise to smth., set, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, submerge, take on, thrust, tuck, usher in), fus (accept for, Bury, cram into, drive, embroil, enclose, engrain, enter, get in, inclose, interpolate, introduce, launch, mix in, pack, plunge, pour into, press in, put, put in the picture, set, shove, speak, stick into, stock up, stuff, work in). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تحشر في, ‏بحث بفضول, ‏دفرة, ‏دفع بالكوع (nudge), ‏شخص بليد (vegetable), ‏ظهر (appear, arise, back, brighten up, bring out, come to light, declare, declassify, define, denote, develop, evidence, exercise, exhibit, express, feature, image, indicate, infer, loom, manifest, mark, note, occur, outcrop, parade, peep, play up, pop up, proclaim, produce, reveal, show, show up, spring, surface, turn up, walk), ‏أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, get, give off, move out, obtrude, produce, push along, quit, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit), ‏أزاح (bump, dislodge, displace, draw, supplant, unsettle), ‏أقحم (infix, inset, interject, interpolate, nuzzle, squeeze, stab, stick, stuff, thrust, wedge, work in, wring), ‏جامع (copulate, cover, hump, lie with, make love, mosque, picker, sex, tail, terse, universal), ‏ببرز, ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), ‏فقع العين (pop, stare), ‏حشر (cram, crush, push, ram, squash, stick, thrust), ‏حشا (beef up, cake, cram, jam, load, pack, pad, quilt, ram, stuff, tamp, tampon, wad), ‏حض (exhortation, prompt, prompting, spur), ‏غرز (batter, bog, drawing pin, impact, implant, jam, lodge, pike, plant, plunge, push, sink, stab, stick, stick in, thrust), ‏وكزة (nudge), ‏وكزة بالنار, ‏لكز (jabbing), ‏لكزة (box, punch), ‏فقأ العين, ‏ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., lam, larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip). (various references)

Bulgarian 

удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, smite, strike, strike in, thunder, wallop, zap), удар с юмрук (cuff, plug, punch), смушкване (jog), ръгвам (prod), ръгам (jab, prod, stick, thrust), чувал (bag, cul de sac, pocket, sack), цапардосвам (plump, slam, slosh, sock), навеждам напред, мушкам (dig, dub, jab, job, jog, peg at, pop, pop in, prod, prong, stick), мушване (dive, jab, prod), мушвам (pink, pop in, run, slide, stuff), пъхам (dig, infix, pop, put in, shove, stick, thrust), издавам напред (project). (various references)

Chinese 

捅, 撥開 , 戳 (pierce, prick, wooden or rubber stamp or seal). (various references)

Czech

vrtat (bore, drill), vrazit (Bury, put, stick, stick in, strike, thrust), strèit (nudge), rýpat (carp, dig, nag, nark), hrabat se (dig around). (various references)

Danish

POKE, kermesbær (common pokeberry, pigeonberry, scoke). (various references)

Dutch

poke, karmozijnbes (common pokeberry, pigeonberry, pokeberry common pokeweed, scoke). (various references)

Farsi 

فضولی بهم زدن اتش بخاری(باسیخ), فشاربانوک انگشت , هل دادن (Haul, Hitch, Hustle, Jog, Poach, Push, Shoulder, Shove, Yerk), کنجکاوی کردن , حرکت (Behavior, Demeanour, Departure, Gesture, Locomotion, Motion, Move, Movement, Progress, Stir, Stroke), سیخونک (Jag, Prick), سیخ زدن 2 (Gig, Prod, Yerk), سکه زدن (Coin, Mint), سکه (Coin, Money, Piece, Shiner), سقلمه زدن , زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Clout, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Lam, Light, Lodge, Mallet, Nail, Play, Pop, Shoot, Slap, Slat, Smite, Snip, Strike, Stroke, Whack), ضربت باچیزنوک تیز, اماس (Edema), درکاردیگران , بهم زدن (Disturb, Overthrow, Poach, Rough, Rouse, Roust, Rummage, Stir, Unmake). (various references)

Finnish

POKE, tyrkätä (push, shove), tuuppia (jostle, nudge, push), sysiä (hustle, keep pushing), sysätä (give a push, push, shove, thrust), sorkkia (grub, root, tamper), sohia. (various references)

French

petit coup, pousser, poussée, POKE, phytolaque (common pokeberry), bourrer, coup de poing, coup de tisonnier, déloger, dépasser, donner un coup de coude, enfoncer, faire l'amour avec, flanquer un coup de poing, épinard doux (common pokeberry), morelle en grappes (common pokeberry), stocker, raisin d'Amérique (common pokeberry, pokeberry common pokeweed), raisin du Canada (common pokeberry), se mêler, se mêler dans, sortir (poke out, pop out), fourrer (poke through, pop). (various references)

German

stoßen (abut, buffet, bump, bumps, Bury, butt, dig, hustle, impinge, jab, jerk, jog, kick, knock, nudge, plunge, pond, prod, punch, punt, push, push across, push out, push over, put, ram, shag, shoulder, shove, stricken, stub, thrust, to bump, to hustle, to knock (at)). (various references)

Greek 

σπρώχνω (jog, jostle, prod, push, shove, thrust). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתקוע (jab, stick, toot), לתחוב (insert, jab, ram, thrust, tuck), לדחוף קלות (nudge). (various references)

Hungarian

zsák (bag, cod, sac, sack), lökés (brunt, bump, collision, heave, impact, impulse, jar, jarring, jog, jolt, kick, prod, push, shock, shove, thrust, thrusting, toss), döfés (butt, butting, dig, jab, prod, push, stab, stuck, thrust). (various references)

Indonesian

sodokan, mencuit (tap), mencuil (mudge), kantong (bag, pouch). (various references)

Irish

rúisc (shell; poke, strip). (various references)

Italian

POKE, infilare (enfilade, insert, penetrate, plug, pop, run through, slip, slip on, squeeze, stick, string, thread, thread one's way, transfix, tuck), cercare a tastoni (scrabble), colpire (affect, bang, beat, buffet, bump, catch, clout, damage, dazzle, hit, jab, knock, Lam, pelt, pound, punch, rap, run across, shock, shoot, slap, smite, sock, spear, strike, strike down, swat, swipe, thwack), conficcare (drive, hammer, impact, jab, plant, put, stick, thrust), dare un pugno (punch), ficcare (dive, drive, pop in, put, ram, shove, stick, stuff, thrust), cacciare (chase, chase away, dispelled, drive away, get to, hunt, oust, plug, plunge, prey, put, send down, shoot, stick, take out, throw out, tuck), immagazzinare (accumulate, garner, memorize, saving, stock, store), urtare (annoy, buffet, bump, butt, clash, irritate, knock, push, shock, strike, thrust), intromettersi (cut in, interfere, intermeddle, interpose, intervene, intrude, obtrude), istruzione POKE, spingere (blow, crowd, drive, enchase, float, go, hustle, impel, induce, jog, jostle, perform, prompt, propel, push, rush, shove, slide, thrust, to press, to push, to rush, urge, wheel, wreak), spinta (boost, dig, drive, helping hand, hustle, incentive, jerk, push, shove, spur, stress, thrust), stuzzicare (excite, needle, pick, prod, sharpen, tantalise, tantalize, tease, tickle, whet), fitolacca (common pokeberry, pigeonberry, pokeberry common pokeweed, scoke). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

茶化す (to make fun of, to poke fun at), 突き返す (to poke in return, to reject, to send back), 突きっ返す (to poke in return, to reject, to send back), 突く (to attack, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to strike, to thrust), 余計な世話を焼く (to poke one's nosewhere one is not wanted), 小突く (to poke, to push), 世話を焼く (to bother, to meddle, to poke one's nose), 一撃 (a blow, a hit, a poke). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つきっかえす (to poke in return, to reject, to send back), つきかえす (to poke in return, to reject, to send back), つつく (to attack, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to strike, to thrust), つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit), せわをやく (to bother, to meddle, to poke one's nose), いちげき (a blow, a hit, a poke), こづく (to poke, to push), よけいなせわをやく (to poke one's nosewhere one is not wanted), ちゃかす (to make fun of, to poke fun at). (various references)

Korean 

찌르 푸딩 (poke-pudding). (various references)

Manx

snug (butt of animal, flounce, toss of head), poagey (bag, bursa, kit, pocket, pouch, sac, windbag), broddey (goad, jab, nudge with nose, prick, prickle, probe, rouse, stir up). (various references)

Maya

loon-ka'at (to poke). (various references)

Pig Latin

okepay.(various references)

Portuguese

POKE, intrometer-se (butt in, cut in, horn in, interfere, intermeddle, intervene, meddle, mess with, monkey, nose, obtrude, obtrude oneself, tamper, tamper with, thwart), interferir (clog, cut in, interfere, intermeddle, interpose, intervene, meddle, put in, step in, tamper), erva-dos-cancros (common pokeberry, pigeonberry, scoke), empurrar (cant, crowd, hustle, impel, jerk, jog, jostle, jounce, pole, push, shove, thrust, to push, yank), empurrão (cant, jab, jerk, jostle, push, shove, thrust, yank), cotovelada (prod), chumar (prod), atiçar (excite, provoke, rouse, stir, stir up), acotovelar (crush, elbow, hunch, hustle, jostle, nudge). (various references)

Romanian

vârî (Bob, creep, crib, dab, dig, dip, drive, duck, engraft in, immerse, impress, introduce, involve, jab, Lodge, pick, pull up, put in, stab, stick, Stow, stuff, thrust, tuck), trântor (do-little, drone, lazybones, loafer, lounger), stinge un pumn, sac (bag, bagful, kit, knapsack, pocket, pod, sac, sack, sackful), cãuta cu bãţul, buzunar (fob, holster, pocket), împungere, împinge (crowd, drive, go to extremes, goad, induce, jab, joggle, jostle, move, press, punt, push, push away, run to an extreme, shove, spurn, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

толчок (cant, dash, fillip, hitch, hitter, impetus, impulse, jab, jog, jolt, lunge, momentum, push, shake, shock, stroke, thrust, toss), мешок (bag, bagful, cul de sac, drawstring, duffel bag, duffle bag, pocket, sac, sack), мешать (be in the road, be in the way, come between, disturb, estop, get in smb.'s road, get in the way, hamper, head off, incommode, interfere, interfered, interfered with, interrupt, mix, obstruct, oppose, overslaugh, preclude), лодырь (bum, bummer, dawdler, duffer, lazybones, moocher, slacker), лентяй (bummer, do-nothing, faineant, lazybones, lazy-bones, slacker, slob, slug, slug-abed, sluggard, truant, wag, work-shy), протыкать тычок, поля козырьком, идти или искать ощупью. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probiti (break out, break through, clear, cleave, come through, elbow, fight, force, go through, penetrate, pierce, plow, ram, run through, stave in, thrust, wedge), udariti (bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, bump, clock, clout, conk, drive in, hack, hit, jog, knock, paw, percuss, punch, ram, rap, shock, strike, stub, swipe, wallop, whack), torba (bag, pouch, sack, satchel), guranje (bunt, extrusion, impulsion, jostle, push, shove, thrust, thrusting). (various references)

Spanish

pinchazo (blowout, fix, flat, flat tire, jab, prick, stab, tap), fitolaca (common pokeberry, pigeonberry, pokeberry common pokeweed, scoke), atizar (fan, stir, stoke), bolsa (bag, bagful, Bursa, exchange, grip, handbag, hand-bag, handgrip, holdall, market, pocket, pouch, prize money, purse, sac, stock exchange, stock market), calalu (common pokeberry, pigeonberry, scoke), codazo (dig, jab, jog, jostle), dar con la punta del dedo (prod), dar un codazo (dig), dar un golpe (bash up, jab), empujón (boost, dig, heave, hustle, jab, push, shove, thrust), empujón con el dedo, asomar (peep, peep out, poke out, put out, show, stick out, thrust out), espetón (jab, large pin, roasting jack, skewer, spit), trangallo, golpe (bang, bat, belt, blow, buffet, concussion, coup, crack, cut, hit, hook, jab, job, kick, knock, pelt, prod, shock, shot, slam, smack, strike, stroke, wallop), hacer (accomplish, achieve, act, administer, advance, ask, be, bestow, bind, bring, bring in, build, carry out, cause, come, commit, compose, compound, create, cut, cut out, do, draw, drive, drop, effect, emit, enter into, enter up, fabricate, force, form, generate, get, get out, give, go at, hole, keep, knock out, lay, lean, level, light, live, live through, lumber, lure on, make, make into, make up, making, observe, offer, pack, pass, pay, perform, perpetrate, place, prosecute, pull, punch, put, put forward, put out, put up, render, set off, tackle, take, take on, think up, throw, throw in, throw out, throw up, tie, to do, to make, to make into, travel, turn out, wet, work, work out), hierba carmin (common pokeberry, pigeonberry, scoke), hurgar (poke about, poke around, rake, rummage), hurgarse (pick), hurgonada (stir), meter (cause, dip, enclose, engage, Fay, inclose, insert, introduce, intrude, involve, jug, jump on, key, lay down, Lodge, log in, make, place, put, put down, shove, sink, Stow, telescope, throw about, throw away, throw on, thrust, tuck in, turf out, yank off), talego (duffle bag, gaol, jail, lump, slammer), empujar (dig, drive, drive along, heave, hustle, intrigue, jog, jolt, jostle, move, nudge, press, propel, push, push back, push in, push on, push to, roll, sack, shove, thrust, urge, wheel). (various references)

Swedish

röra om (churn), peta (drop, pick). (various references)

Thai

ซื้อ / ยอมรับบางสิ่งมาโดยไม่ตรวจสอบ (buy a pig in a poke). (various references)

Turkish

uyuşuk tip (do-little, slowcoach, slowpoke, snail, stick in the mud), torba (bag, carrierbag, cyst, envelope, plastic bag, pochette, pocket, pouch, sack, vesica), sokmak (bite, dig into, drag, drive, engraft, enter, immerse, implicate, ingraft, inject, insert, instil, instill, involve, land, let in, pitchfork, put, put in, ram, send, sink into, slide in, spatchcock, stick, sting, strike, take into, thrust, tuck, tuck in, work up), mıymıy tip, kurcalamak (drag up, go round, irritate, monkey, monkey with, poke up, possess, rake up, tamper, tamper with, warm up), karıştırmak (add, admix, amalgamate, blend, churn, commingle, commix, complicate, concoct, confound, confuse, darken, diffuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, disturb, embroil, entangle, ferret about, foul, foul up, hash, implicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, inweave, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, knot, litter, make hay of smth., meld, mess, mess smth. about, mess up, mingle, mistake, mix, mix up, monkey around with, monkey with, muddle, muss, pick, poke up, Ravel, ruffle, scramble, scramble together, scramble up, shuffle, snarl, stir, stir up, tamper with, tangle, tousle, trim, tumble, unsettle, weave), itelemek (elbow, hustle, push, repel, repulse), dürtmek (dig, edge on, ginger, ginger up, goad, hustle, incite, jab, jog, jolt, nudge, prod, shove, spur, spur smb. on, thrust), dürtme (dig, goading, jab, jog, prod, shove), dürtüklemek (jostle, prod continually), dürtüş, aramak (be on the look-out for, be spoiling for, call, comb, comb out, gun for, have a look-see, Hunt, hunt after, hunt for, hunt out, look, look for, Miss, prospect, quest, rout, rummage, scout about, scout around, search, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, try to find, woo), araştırmak (analyse, analyze, cast about, cast around, check up, dig, dig up, drag up, dredge for, dredge up, explore, ferret, ferret about, fish, fish around, forage, fossick, go into, hunt after, hunt out, hunt up, inquire, inquire into, investigate, make a study of, probe, quarry, quest, rake, research, research into, root, rout, rummage, search, seek, seek after, seek for, shop, shop for, sound, study, sum up, survey), ağırkanlı kimse (slowcoach, slowpoke), çuval (bag, carryall, gunny, gunny bag, hold all, holdall, sack). (various references)

Turkmen 

synзgamak (pick), dьrtmek (prod), зommaltmak (jab, protrude). (various references)

Ukrainian

ударити кулаком (fist), удар кулаком (fisticuff, punch), штовхати (hustle, jab, jerk, jog, joggle, jostle, poach, propel, push, shove, thrust), гаман, висуватися (telescope), міхур (cyst), засовувати (put in, thrust, tuck), ледарювати (dawdle, fribble, frivol, idle, laze, loaf, mess about, mess around, mooch, potter about, potter around, twiddle one's thumbs), ледар (bum, bummer, dawdle, dawdler, lazybones, lounger, quitter, slow, sluggard, wag), пухлина на шиї, протикати (broach, prong), пхати (bunt, push), поштовх (concussion, fillip, hit, hitch, impetus, impulse, jog, joggle, kick, propulsion, push, put, shake, shock, thrust, toss). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cú thúc (prod), cú chọc. (various references)

Welsh

pwtian (prod), pwt (anything short, prod, stump), procio (throb), proc. (various references)

Phytolacca americana Lin., Phytolacca decandra. (various references)

poken. (various references)

pocher. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "poke": pokeberries, pokeberry, poked, poker, pokeroot, pokeroots, pokers, pokes, pokeweed, pokeweeds, pokey, pokeys. (additional references)

Words ending with "poke": bespoke, cowpoke, forespoke, misspoke, mopoke, outspoke, respoke, slowpoke, spoke, unspoke. (additional references)

Words containing "poke": bespoken, cowpokes, forespoken, hokeypokey, hokeypokeys, misspoken, mopokes, outspoken, outspokenly, outspokenness, outspokennesses, plainspoken, plainspokenness, plainspokennesses, respoken, slowpokes, spoked, spoken, spokes, spokeshave, spokeshaves, spokesman, spokesmanship, spokesmanships, spokesmen, spokespeople, spokesperson, spokespersons, spokeswoman, spokeswomen, unspoken. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Poke" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bpoke, goke, Kpwoka, okeh, ookle, Opco, opoe, pake, pakeha, paki, Pbkal, Pdki, Peke, pekel, Phoca, pikel, piken, piki, pikke, piko, Pkos, pku, Plotke, pobe, Pobee, poc, poce, pocey, poche, pocke, poco, pode, poee, Poeke, poge, poie, poika, poje, pojke, pok, poka, pokal, pokay, pokea, pokel, poken, poki, pokie, Pokot, poks, pome, pooca, pook, Pooka, pooke, pookey, pooki, Pookie, poove, Popkov, porke, Porket, Poski, pouka, pouke, Pouket, pove, powe, poxe, puek, Puka, pukey, puki, pukkah, puko, Puok, pyka, pyke, voke. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: kep, kop, oke, ope.

-2 letters: oe, op, pe.

+1 letter: kopek, kopje, pekoe, poked, poker, pokes, pokey, spoke.

+2 letters: copeck, kopeck, kopeks, kopjes, koppie, mopoke, pekoes, pocked, pocket, pokers, pokeys, pokier, pokies, porker, spoked, spoken, spokes.

+3 letters: bespoke, copecks, cowpoke, desktop, knopped, kopecks, koppies, kouprey, mopokes, nonpeak, outkeep, outkept, peacock, petcock, pinkoes, plonked, pockets, pockier, podlike, pokiest, polkaed, porkers, porkier, porkies, porkpie, potlike, prebook, precook, prerock, presoak, prework, provoke, respoke, spooked, unspoke.