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Meanings of poke in English

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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.

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        Catalan
        mandra

        Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind.

              mandra
              Portuguese
              injecção
              Catalan
              empenta
              Spanish
              amenazador

              A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

                    injecção
                    Portuguese
                    murro
                    Catalan
                    mastegot
                    Spanish
                    tortazo

                    (Boxing) a blow with the fist.

                          murro
                          Usage of poke in English
                          1
                          Poppy had started using her pencil to poke holes in her paper.
                          The city of ember: book 1
                          2
                          Then they can poke out their long, sticky arms and snag food.
                          BBC
                          3
                          I gave him a fast hard poke that couldn't have felt good.
                          Sympathy for the devil
                          4
                          I read the letter and poke it into the stove, and proceed.
                          Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Jo...
                          5
                          Kids at school and opposing sporting teams would 'poke' fun at me.
                          News.com.au
                          6
                          If a poke-your-nose-in said anything about it, Madeleine answered, We get along.
                          Dagmar's daughter
                          7
                          If you're high, I'll give you the money and forget the poke.
                          Lonesome dove
                          8
                          Well, I was mad enough to poke that sergeant in the eye.
                          A Yankee in the Trenches
                          9
                          But the man would not poke into that fire; nobody suspected him.
                          Native son
                          10
                          Beauchamp was not insensible to the slyness of the poke at him.
                          Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2
                          11
                          If he jumps for you, poke the old gun in his face.
                          The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South
                          12
                          There's nothing Grady loves better than a patient to poke and prod.
                          Midnight hero
                          13
                          It would be mighty awkward to poke into any of the others.
                          The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
                          14
                          Sitting by his side is a brown-eyed maid in a poke bonnet.
                          The Stowmarket Mystery; Or, A Legacy of Hate
                          15
                          To make the taco hold together, poke a toothpick through the middle.
                          The South African
                          16
                          The fire had burned low, and no one stirred to poke it.
                          The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories