to poke

Examples

• All

• To get her attention, I decided to poke her on Facebook.

• "So who are you poking there now?"

  Fiction book (1994)

• - Or you can poke her.

  What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

• Now can I poke him?

  Over the Hedge (2006)

• I just thought I would poke you a little bit about your word choice.

  Blog text (5)

• How 'bout I just poke ya?

  Skull Heads (2009)

• Statigram.com and log in with your Instagram account and poke away. Have fun.

  Blog text (2)

• I could poke you.

  Tooth Fairy (2010)

• Then all of a sudden he poked me on Facebook and I don't know why?

  Blog text (8)

• Until midnight tonight, you'll be allowed to friend, like, or poke Mac360 on Facebook.

  Blog text (1)

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

D

to dismiss

332 3.0

To refuse to accept an idea or claim

Idioms

P

to poke the bear

• Informal

3 8.4

To do something on purpose to make an angry or dangerous person react

P

to poke someone's eye out

• Informal

1 7.9

Hurt someone's eye by hitting it with a sharp object

B

to buy a pig in a poke

• Informal

1 9.9

To buy something without checking it first and risk being cheated

A

a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

• Informal

9.9

A joking way to say something is very unpleasant or painful

Phrasal Verbs

P

to poke fun

• Offensive

25 3.9

To make jokes about someone to make them look silly

P

to poke fun at

• Offensive

23 3.4

To make jokes about someone, sometimes to be playful and sometimes to be unkind

P

to poke out

16 3.5

To stick out from something like a wall or table

P

to poke at

9 2.5

Push gently at something or someone with a finger

P

to poke holes in

• Informal

5 4.3

To find and show weak points in an idea or plan

P

to poke into

• Informal

1 5.1

To look closely at something by touching or prodding it

P

to poke one's nose into

• Informal

1 7.3

To try to take part in other people's business without being asked

P

to poke in the ribs

• Informal

1 6.0

Push someone's side with a finger to get their attention or make them laugh

P

to poke into

• Informal

1 5.2

To go into a place for a short time to look around

P

to poke one's head

4.6

To put your head forward through an opening to look

Compounds

I

Indian poke

• US

9.9

A poisonous plant with large leaves and greenish yellow flower clusters that people use in traditional medicine

I

Indian poke

• Indian

9.9

A plant from southeast Asia and China that has berries that can be poisonous

P

poke bonnet

• Archaic

9.9

A woman's hat with a wide brim at the front that ties under the chin

P

poke check

• Specialized

8.2

A quick push with a hockey stick that knocks the puck away from an opponent

P

poke milkweed

• US

9.5

A milkweed plant from eastern North America with white and green flowers that grows in shady woods

How Direct

to message

• Texting

26 2.3

to poke

• Texting

14 6.0

to react

776 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology