transcription, транскрипция: [ poʊk ]
( pokes, poking, poked)
1.
If you poke someone or something, you quickly push them with your finger or with a sharp object.
Lindy poked him in the ribs.
= jab
VERB : V n
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Poke is also a noun.
John smiled at them and gave Richard a playful poke.
= prod
N-COUNT
2.
If you poke one thing into another, you push the first thing into the second thing.
He poked his finger into the hole.
VERB : V n into n
3.
If something pokes out of or through another thing, you can see part of it appearing from behind or underneath the other thing.
He saw the dog’s twitching nose poke out of the basket...
His fingers poked through the worn tips of his gloves.
VERB : V out of n , V through n
4.
If you poke your head through an opening or if it pokes through an opening, you push it through, often so that you can see something more easily.
Julie tapped on my door and poked her head in...
Raymond’s head poked through the doorway.
VERB : V n adv / prep , V prep / adv
5.
to poke fun at: see fun
to poke your nose into something : see nose