Poke
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Poke most commonly refers to the action of tapping and/or softly jabbing an object or person using a finger, stick, or similar object etc.
Poke, Poké or POKE may also refer to:
Poke, Poké or POKE may also refer to:
- PEEK and POKEPEEK and POKEIn computing, PEEK is a BASIC programming language extension used for reading the contents of a memory cell at a specified address. The corresponding command to set the contents of a memory cell is POKE.-Statement syntax:...
, BASIC programming language commands - Poke (game), a card game
- Poke (Hawaii), a dish from Hawaiian cuisine, cubed raw fish served as an appetizer
- Poke, a common name for an ice cream coneIce cream coneAn ice cream cone, poke or cornet is a dry, cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, allowing ice cream to be eaten without a bowl or spoon...
in Northern Ireland and Scotland - Poke, vulgar reference to sexual penetration in New Zealand EnglishNew Zealand EnglishNew Zealand English is the dialect of the English language used in New Zealand.The English language was established in New Zealand by colonists during the 19th century. It is one of "the newest native-speaker variet[ies] of the English language in existence, a variety which has developed and...
- Poke, a dish from the Cook Islands known as Po'ePo'ePoe is a popular dish in Tahiti, where it is frequently eaten as a dessert, although it can also be served along with other dishes at a traditional tamaraa or feast. It is a sweet, pudding-like confection made from bananas, papaya, or mangoes cooked with manioc and coconut cream...
- A character from the science fiction novel Ender's ShadowEnder's ShadowEnder's Shadow is a parallel science fiction novel by the American author Orson Scott Card, taking place at the same time as the novel Ender's Game and depicting the same events from the point of view of Bean, a supporting character in the original novel. It was originally to be titled Urchin, but...
- A fossil wordFossil wordA fossil word is an obsolete word which remains in currency because it is contained within an idiom still in use.It can also occur for phrases, such as in point , which is retained in the larger phrases case in point and in point of fact, but is not otherwise used outside of a legal...
for pouch, sack, bag, purseHandbagA handbag, or purse in American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items such as wallet/coins, keys, cosmetics, a hairbrush, pepper spray, cigarettes, mobile phone etc....
, budgetBudgetA budget is a financial plan and a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving, borrowing and spending. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods...
, etc., as in "a pig in a poke." Still used in the literal sense in some American dialects and in ScotsScots languageScots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster . It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language variety spoken in most of the western Highlands and in the Hebrides.Since there are no universally accepted... - PokeweedPokeweedThe pokeweeds, also known as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot, poke sallet, polk salad, polk salat, polk sallet, inkberry or ombú, comprise the genus Phytolacca, perennial plants native to North America, South America, East Asia and New Zealand...
or Poke root, several perennial plants in the Phytolacca genus, and used for the Southern United States dish known as "poke salad" - Poke, a feature on Facebook where a user can try to get another person to notice him or her, referring to the gesture. In French so pokine.
- POKE, a creative digital company based in London and NYC, established in 2001. Winner of 9 Webby Award (s).