Found 3 items, similar to Poke.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: poke kantong, mencuil, mencuit, sodokan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: poke 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Poke Poke \Poke\, n. (Bot.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (Phytolacca 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. [1913 Webster] Poke \Poke\, v. i. To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about. [1913 Webster] A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. --Prior. [1913 Webster] Poke \Poke\, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Poke bonnet, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] They wallowed as pigs in a poke. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve. [1913 Webster] To boy a pig a poke (that is, in a bag), to buy a thing without knowledge or examination of it. --Camden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He poked John, and said “Sleepest thou ?” --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust with the horns; to gore. [1913 Webster] 3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.] To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]