poke

poke is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A bag; a sack; a pocket.
3. noun. A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
4. transitive verb. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
5. transitive verb. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
6. transitive verb. To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
7. intransitive verb. To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
8. noun. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
9. noun. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
10. noun. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
11. noun. (boxing) a blow with the fist

    "I gave him a clout on his nose"

    Synonyms: biff, clout, lick, punch, slug

12. noun. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

    "he warned me with a jab with his finger"

    "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"

    Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poking, thrust, thrusting

13. noun. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

    Synonyms: sack

14. noun. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

    Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer

15. noun. 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

    Synonyms: garget, scoke

16. verb. poke or thrust abruptly

    "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

    Synonyms: dig, jab, prod, stab

17. verb. make a hole by poking
18. verb. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

    "the salesman pounded the door knocker"

    "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

    Synonyms: pound, thump

19. verb. stir by poking

    "poke the embers in the fireplace"

20. verb. search or inquire in a meddlesome way

    "This guy is always nosing around the office"

    Synonyms: intrude, nose, pry

Synonyms

biff, clout, lick, punch, slug, jab, jabbing, poking, thrust, thrusting, sack, dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, garget, scoke, dig, prod, stab, pound, thump, intrude

Common word forms

poked, poker, pokes, poking, pokeful

Words from these letters

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