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  • 1Poke (Hawaii) — Poke (pronEng|poʊːˈke|Po KAY is a fish salad served as an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine. Poke is Hawaiian for section or to slice or cut . IngredientsThe modern form of poke consists of roughly one inch cubes of raw fish garnished with a… …

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  • 2poke a hole in something — phrase to make a hole in something by pushing something through it He had poked a hole in his blanket. Thesaurus: to make a hole, dent or line in somethingsynonym holes and openings in surfaceshyponym Main entry: poke …

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  • 3Poké Ball — The nihongo|Poké Ball|モンスターボール|Monsutābōru|Monster Ball in original Japanese language versions is a spherical in the Pokémon video games and anime television series that is used by Pokémon Trainers to capture new Pokémon and store them when not… …

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  • 4poke — poke1 [pəuk US pouk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(with a finger/stick etc)¦ 2¦(through a space/hole)¦ 3¦(be seen)¦ 4 poke a hole 5 poke holes in something 6 poke fun at somebody 7 poke your nose into something 8 poke the fire 9¦(sex)¦ Phrasal verbs   …

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  • 5poke — 1 verb 1 WITH A FINGER/STICK ETC (T) to quickly push into something or someone with your finger, a stick, or something pointed: Andy poked the fish to see if it was still alive. | Be careful with that umbrella, or you ll poke someone in the eye.… …

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  • 6poke —    1. (the) obsolete summary dismissal    from employment    Punning on the meaning to push, and a poke is also a sack, as in the phrase buy a pig in a poke, to be deceived or cheated:     He s gi en him t poke. (Leeds Mercury Supplement, April… …

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  • 7poke a hole in something — to make a hole in something by pushing something through it He had poked a hole in his blanket …

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  • 8Michael Poke — Personal information Full name Michael Harold Poke Date of birth 21 November 1985 ( …

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  • 9Killer poke — This article is about the hardware damage method. For the WCW incident, see The Fingerpoke of Doom. In computer jargon, a killer poke is a method of inducing hardware damage (i.e., actual physical, irreversible damage) on a machine and/or its… …

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  • 10Pig in a poke — is an idiom that refers to a confidence trick originating in the Late Middle Ages, when meat was scarce but apparently rats and cats were not.The scheme entailed the sale of a suckling pig in a poke (bag). The wriggling bag actually contained a… …

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