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21Poke — Poke, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 3. A contrivance to prevent an animal… …
22Poke bonnet — Poke Poke, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] 2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 3. A contrivance to prevent an… …
23Poke — steht für: POKE, ein Software Kommando der Programmiersprache BASIC Poke (Sprache), eine Bantusprache in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo Poke (Gericht), einen hawaiischer Fischsalat Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur …
24poke — [n] push, thrust blow, boost, bunt, butt, dig, hit, jab, nudge, prod, punch, shove, stab; concepts 189,208 poke [v1] push at; thrust arouse, awaken, bulge, butt*, crowd, dig, elbow*, goose*, hit, jab, jostle, jut, nudge*, overhang, prod, project …
25Poke — Poke, v. i. To search; to feel one s way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about. [1913 Webster] A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. Prior. [1913 Webster] …
26poke bonnet — n. a bonnet with a projecting front brim * * * ▪ clothing hood shaped hat tied under the chin, with a small crown at the back and a wide projecting front brim that shaded the face. It became fashionable at the beginning of the 19th century and… …
27poke your nose into something — poke/shove/stick/your nose into something phrase to show too much interest in things that are someone’s private business You have no right to poke your nose into my affairs! Thesaurus: to try to find out informationsynonym Main entry …
28Poke — Poke, n. (Bot.) A large North American herb of the genus {Phytolacca} ({Phytolacca decandra}), bearing dark purple juicy berries; called also {garget}, {pigeon berry}, {pocan}, and {pokeweed}. The root and berries have emetic and purgative… …
29Poke (game) — Poke is a two player multi genre card game invented by Sid Sackson and discussed in his book A Gamut of Games . It combines strong elements of Poker with trick taking games like Bourré or Spades, and adds scoring reminiscent of Bridge.Like bridge …
30poke\ about — • poke around • poke about v 1. To search about; look into and under things. The detective poked around in the missing man s office. 2. To move slowly or aimlessly; do little things. He didn t feel well, and poked around the house …
