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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To poke fun at (0.01889 detik)
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Definition: To poke fun at
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.
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He poked John, and said
“Sleepest thou ?”
--Chaucer.
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2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
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3. [From 5th
Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
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To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]
To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]
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