Synonym: goad, jab, push, ram, shove, spur, thrust. Similar words: bespoke, spokesman, joke, stroke, broker, invoke, provoke. Meaning: [pəʊk] 
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 2. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind 3. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases 4. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) 5. (boxing) a blow with the fist. v. 1. poke or thrust abruptly 2. search or inquire in a meddlesome way 3. stir by poking 4. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument 5. make a hole by poking.
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 2. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind 3. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases 4. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) 5. (boxing) a blow with the fist. v. 1. poke or thrust abruptly 2. search or inquire in a meddlesome way 3. stir by poking 4. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument 5. make a hole by poking. 
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121. We all poke fun at her because she wears such a strange hat.
122. Tender green daffodil leaves poke through the grass, some even showing yellow buds.
123. However, consumers need to be careful in case they buy a pig in a poke and find no legal means of protecting their rights.
124. It is like buying a pig in a poke, " admitted Elizabeth Brickfield, the director of enforcement for the Parking Violations Bureau."
125. Why did he poke about for hours in the old furniture shop? He might have spent the time more usefully.
126. The main techniques are raise, push, poke, uppercut and strike down.
127. One spaniel charged a porcupine five times — with a cost to remove the quills at $250 per poke. Another dog had buckshot removed from its hindquarters.
128. No longer content to poke about in that little town,(sentencedict.com/poke.html) Morton went up to New York.
129. Let us poke Valley fog, go exploring seek the thing that has edificatory to us.
130. You shouldn't poke fun at him just because he cannot ride a bicycle.
131. Tyson knocked my wallet off, so I took a poke at him.
132. Loyalty, patriotism, the old school tie these were all things at which we loved, in our superior way, to poke fun.
133. The fundamental strategy here is to poke out and transmit as much information as possible.
134. And once this sophisticated electronic gear is installed, they impulsively poke at keys and buttons on the chance that they can make it work with little or no reference to the manuals.
135. As a careless person, she always buy a pig in a poke.
136. However, consumers need to be careful in case they buy a pig in a poke and find to legal means os protecting their rights.
137. His retelling of ancient stories that poke fun at our society is devilishly clever.
138. Manning has dared to dress up before, donning wigs and mustaches to poke fun at himself.
139. Ah done tole Poke ter lay two extry plates fer dem.
140. OUTDOOR HAND-WASHING: Poke a small hole in the bottom of a jug. Block the hole with a golf tee.
141. In a moment he saw the rat's sharp nose poke out from underneath the wooden trough.
142. The flower first began to poke out of the soil in March, and in the past few days it had been growing at about six centimetres a day, according to Swissinfo news website.
143. One species of finch learned to pick up a cactus needle to poke for insects.
144. I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out!
145. Almost any interesting Basic program was full of low-level hacks, where one had to poke memory byte 714 to change the screen background color to yellow.
146. I love being a photographer because it's a key that allows you to open doors into other worlds and have a bit of a poke about.
147. The poke of her black bonnet hid her face from him.
148. Norton was sensitive and excitable, though he never lost his head, while Kreis and Hamilton were like a pair of cold-blooded savages, seeking out tender places to prod and poke.
149. He has a short fuse , and they poke and prod to see if he will explode.
150. If you like being an elusive, hard-to-get poke, don't give it up too soon!