English Dictionary

poke

/pəʊk/

noun

A prod, jab, or thrust. / (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler. / (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person. / An old, worn-out horse.

He gave her a poke in the ribs.

意味（1）

A prod, jab, or thrust.

意味（2）

(US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.

The slowness of this stupid poke tortures me to death.

意味（3）

(US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.

I see you shaking your head at me, mother, and reminding me of 'That mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me;' but I don't believe I go on so; if I have nothing to say I keep still, and you'd better be a stupid poke, which I often feel myself, than waste the time with such trash.

意味（4）

An old, worn-out horse.

It was feared the dear old poke I had been riding could not keep up with the rest on this long day's journey: so I had the cook's horse, who did not understand my method of pulling my dear old beast's head from the edge of the ravine gently with my bridle.

意味（5）

(US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.

I find from their testimony , which was not contradicted , that the placing of such a poke upon such a colt in such a pasture is not considered dangerous, and that farmers are accustomed so to poke their own horses, but that they are not accustomed to put pokes on or 'hamper' horses owned by other persons without the authorization of the owner.

意味（6）

(computing, dated) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.

[…] everywhere you see listings festooned with Goto statements and peppered with peeks and pokes.

意味（7）

(informal, social media) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.

It could be described as a poke, but not a friendly one. For those who have not yet succumbed to Facebook, the latest craze on the internet, a ‘poke’ is an electronic greeting sent, for example, to an old friend from university.

意味（8）

A poke bonnet.

Well then, I declare, I'd rather see Miss Lawton in that old poke – old as it is! –than in the finest new bonnet the Squire's lady ever wore.

意味（9）

(baseball, slang) A hit, especially an extra base hit.