Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
A bag; a sack; a pocket.
- 3noun
A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
- 4transitive verb
To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
- 5transitive verb
To thrust with the horns; to gore.
- 6transitive verb
To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
- 7intransitive verb
To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
- 8noun
The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
- 9noun
A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
- 10noun
A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
- 11noun
(boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a clout on his nose"
- 12noun
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
"he warned me with a jab with his finger"
"he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
- 13noun
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
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- 14noun
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- 15noun
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
- 16verb
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
- 17verb
make a hole by poking
- 18verb
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
"the salesman pounded the door knocker"
"a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
- 19verb
stir by poking
"poke the embers in the fireplace"
- 20verb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
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