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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Poke \Poke\, n. [AS. poca, poha, pohha; akin to Icel. poki, OD.
poke, and perh. to E. pock; cf. also Gael. poca, and OF.
poque. Cf. {Pock}, {Pocket}, {Pouch}.]
1. A bag; a sack; a pocket. ``He drew a dial from his poke.''
--Shak.
They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer.
2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also {poke sleeve}.
{To boy a pig a poke} (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing
without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden.
Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
blow, Gael. puc to push.]
1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?''
--Chaucer.
2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
[Colloq. U. S.]
{To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]
{To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]
Poke \Poke\, v. i.
To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as,
to poke about.
A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior.
Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.)
A large North American herb of the genus {Phytolacca} ({P.
decandra}), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also
{garget}, {pigeon berry}, {pocan}, and {pokeweed}. The root
and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are
used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a
substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used
in Europe to color wine.
Poke \Poke\, n.
1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the
ribs. --Ld. Lytton.
2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting
person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or
breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole
inserted, pointed forward. [U.S.]
{Poke bonnet}, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.
資料來源 : WordNet®
poke
n 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 [syn: {pigeon berry}, {garget}, {scoke},
{Phytolacca americana}]
2: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's
purchases [syn: {sack}, {paper bag}, {carrier bag}]
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" [syn: {jab}, {jabbing}, {poking}, {thrust}, {thrusting}]
4: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
nose" [syn: {punch}, {clout}, {lick}, {biff}]
poke
v 1: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
ribs" [syn: {jab}, {prod}, {stab}, {dig}]
2: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: {pry}, {nose}]
3: stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"
4: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
Southern Baptist" [syn: {thump}, {pound}]
5: make a hole by poking
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
poke
The {BASIC} command to write a value to an absolute address.
See {peek}.
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