Crossword-Solution: POKE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Poke | n. | A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine. |
| Poke | n. | A bag; a sack; a pocket. |
| Poke | n. | A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve. |
| Poke | v. t. | To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire. |
| Poke | v. t. | To thrust with the horns; to gore. |
| Poke | v. t. | To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. |
| Poke | v. i. | To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about. |
| Poke | n. | The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. |
| Poke | n. | A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. |
| Poke | n. | A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| POKE | anagram | OPEK |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with POKE (5)
This allowed one to `crank' through a lot of code, then slow down to single-step for a bit when you got near the code of interest, poke at some registers using the console typewriter, and then keep on cranking.
Bless you, child, when you set out to thread a needle don’t hold the thread still and fetch the needle up to it; hold the needle still and poke the thread at it; that’s the way a woman most always does, but a man always does t’other way.
Congratulations! If computer hackers, those insidious little moles who secretively poke through computer systems uninvited and unchecked, are the real culprits as well placed NASA sources suggest, they need to be identified quickly, and be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.
Until then I just want you to poke around and see what there is, until you know the shelves so well you could put your hand on any given book in the dark.
When ’a lived in that little small house by the pond, he used to have to leave open his chamber door every night at going to his bed, and let his feet poke out upon the landing.” “He’s dead and gone now, nevertheless, poor man, as we all shall,” observed Worm, to fill the pause which followed the conclusion of Robert Lickpan’s speech.
Quotes with POKE (3)
Unhappy memories are persistent. They're specific, and it's the details that refuse to leave us alone. Though a happy memory may stay with you just as long as one that makes you miserable, what you remember softens over time. What you recall is simply that you were happy, not necessarily the individual moments that brought about your joy. But the memory of something painful does just the opposite. It retains its original shape, all bony fingers and pointy elbows. Every time i…
There aren't any syringes." Red Sox came over and held a sterile pack out. When she tried to take it from him, he kept a grip on the thing. "I know you'll use this wisely.""Wisely?" She snapped the syringe out of his hand. "No, I'm going to poke him in the eye with it. Because that's what they trained me to do in medical school.
And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle — Flint alongside her — poke him in the eye, Angelina — it was a joke, professor, it was a joke...
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 311 times in crossword archives (1948–2025).