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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

Synonyms :

garget phytolacca_americana pigeon_berry scoke

See Also:

pokeweed

2)	a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Synonyms :

carrier_bag paper_bag sack

See Also:

bag sack doggie_bag grocery_bag shopping_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"

Synonyms :

jab jabbing poking thrust thrusting

See Also:

gesture hurl throw dig jab

4)	(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

Synonyms :

biff clout lick punch

See Also:

blow boxing biff clout plug counter haymaker hook jab rabbit_punch sucker_punch

poke [v]

1)	poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

Synonyms :

dig jab prod stab

See Also:

thrust dig jab horn_in goad

2)	search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"

Synonyms :

nose pry

See Also:

look nose nose_out nosiness

3)	stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"

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agitate fire_hook

4)	hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

Synonyms :

pound thump

See Also:

hit biff hammer thump

5)	make a hole by poking

Synonyms :

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pierce jab

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

The BASIC command to write a value to an absolute address.

See peek.

[Jargon File]

(1995-01-31)

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