pokepoke /poʊk/ ●●○ verb 
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[intransitive, transitive] to quickly push your finger or some other pointed object into something or someone: 
Polly poked me in the ribs. David poked at the campfire with a stick.THESAURUSpush, shove, nudge, elbow► see thesaurus at push12[intransitive, transitive] to push something through a space or out of an opening, so that you can see part of it, or to be partly through a space or opening: Eve poked her head around the door and told us to be quiet. Weeds were poking through the cracks.3poke a hole to make a hole in something by pushing a pointed object through it4poke fun at somebody to joke about someone in an unkind way: The article pokes fun at Hollywood celebrities.—poke noun [countable]poke along phrasal verb informal to move or travel slowlypoke around phrasal verb to look for something, especially by moving things: I began poking around in the cupboard.
1 [intransitive, transitive] to quickly push your finger or some other pointed object into something or someone: Polly poked me in the ribs. David poked at the campfire with a stick.THESAURUSpush, shove, nudge, elbow► see thesaurus at push12[intransitive, transitive] to push something through a space or out of an opening, so that you can see part of it, or to be partly through a space or opening: Eve poked her head around the door and told us to be quiet. Weeds were poking through the cracks.3poke a hole to make a hole in something by pushing a pointed object through it4poke fun at somebody to joke about someone in an unkind way: The article pokes fun at Hollywood celebrities.—poke noun [countable]poke along phrasal verb informal to move or travel slowlypoke around phrasal verb to look for something, especially by moving things: I began poking around in the cupboard.
