poke
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6.5
- noun
- /poʊk/
- Informal
- Wanna take a poke at me?
- take a poke
- give a poke
- get a poke
Examples
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How do you fancy taking a poke at me, eh?
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Get ready for a poke right now.
Fiction book (1993) -
Go on, take a poke at him, go on.
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Then you and me, we gonna have us a poke.
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Touch me again and I'll take a poke at ya.
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If I stay, I'm going to take a poke at him.
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Yeah, I guess he'd be pretty surprised if I took a poke at him.
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I just itch to take a poke at that chin.
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I won't even try to duck if he takes a poke at me.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the boxing ring, he delivered a powerful poke that stunned his opponent.
Synonyms
343
1.0
A strong hit with a closed fist used in fighting
20
8.2
A hard hit that someone gives with the fist
16
6.3
A hard hit that strikes someone with the fist
3
6.7
A very hard blow that hurts someone
1
6.9
A hard hit made with the fist
1
9.3
A hard hit with the fist, often in a fight
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
4
8.4
To do something on purpose to make an angry or dangerous person react
- Informal
1
9.9
To buy something without checking it first and risk being cheated
- Informal
1
9.9
A joking way to say something is very unpleasant or painful
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.2
A quick push with a hockey stick that knocks the puck away from an opponent
1
9.5
A milkweed plant from eastern North America with white and green flowers that grows in shady woods
- US
A poisonous plant with large leaves and greenish yellow flower clusters that people use in traditional medicine
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poke for a small punch comes from the basic sense of a quick push or jab, so calling a blow a 'poke' paints it as a short, sharp hit rather than a long attack.