POKE

I. noun see: pocket Date: 13th century bag , sack , 2. wallet , purse , II. verb (~d; poking) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch ~n to ~ Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. prod , jab , to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing , to cause to prod ; thrust , b. pierce , stab , to produce by or as if by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing , c. hit , punch , to deliver (a blow) with the fist, to hit (a blooper) in baseball, 2. to cause to project , to make (one's way) by poking , to interpose or interject in a meddlesome manner , intransitive verb 1. to make a prodding, jabbing, or thrusting movement especially repeatedly, to strike out at something, 2. to look about or through something without system ; rummage , meddle , to move or act slowly or aimlessly , to become stuck out or forward ; protrude , III. noun Date: circa 1796 1. a quick thrust ; jab , a blow with the fist ; punch , a projecting brim on the front of a woman's bonnet, a cutting remark ; dig , IV. noun Etymology: perhaps modification of Virginia Algonquian pocone, poughkone puccoon Date: 1708 ~weed