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# poke

verb (poke, pokes, poked, poking); noun (a poke, pokes)

«poke» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To poke is to push something with your finger or a pointed object. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#m1)
2. To poke out is to stick out from somewhere so you can see part of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#m2)
3. A poke is a quick push with a finger or stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#m3)
4. To poke around is to look around in a place, sometimes where you should not. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#m4)
5. To poke fun at someone is to laugh at them unkindly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#m5)
6. To buy a pig in a poke means to buy something without looking at it first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#m6)

### In the lessons

In safety, never poke anything into an electric socket, your ears, your eyes or an animal. Don't poke a wild animal or a sleeping dog. In stories, a head poking out of a hole shows someone hiding or curious. Phrases: poke fun at, poke your nose into (be nosy), poke out, poke around, a poke in the eye.

### Examples

- Don't poke the dog with a stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#x1)
- He poked me in the arm to wake me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#x2)
- A rabbit poked its head out of the burrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#x3)
- Never poke anything into a socket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#x4)
- Stop poking around in my room! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#x5)
- It's unkind to poke fun at people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#x6)
- Daffodils were poking up through the soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/#x7)

### Note

Past form poked. "Poke your nose into" means interfere in other people's business. Poking someone in the eye can cause serious injury, even as a joke.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «poke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«poke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/poke.html) on Mova free.