Poke
WordNet
noun
(1) (boxing) a blow with the fist
"I gave him a clout on his nose"
(2) A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
"He warned me with a jab with his finger"
"He made a thrusting motion with his fist"
(3) A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
(4) Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
(5) 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
verb
(6) Poke or thrust abruptly
"He jabbed his finger into her ribs"
(7) Make a hole by poking
(8) Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
"The salesman pounded the door knocker"
"A bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
(9) Stir by poking
"Poke the embers in the fireplace"
(10) Search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
WiktionaryText
Noun
Noun
- The action of poking.
- I gave him a poke to wake him up.
- The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
- Perhaps all those super hackers who so regularly produce infinite lives etc. could produce pokes to be used by 128K users. — Crash magazine (1988)