Poke vs. Prod

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  • Poke (verb)

    To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. from later 14th c.

  • Poke (verb)

    To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.

  • Poke (verb)

    To rummage as in to poke about in. from early 19th c.

  • Poke (verb)

    To modify the value stored in (a memory address).

  • Poke (verb)

    To put a poke on.

    “to poke an ox”

  • Poke (verb)

    To thrust with the horns; to gore.

  • Poke (verb)

    To notify.

  • Poke (verb)

    To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.

  • Poke (noun)

    A prod, jab, or thrust.

  • Poke (noun)

    A lazy person; a dawdler.

  • Poke (noun)

    A stupid or uninteresting person.

  • Poke (noun)

    A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.

  • Poke (noun)

    The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.

  • Poke (noun)

    A sack or bag. from early 13th c.

  • Poke (noun)

    A long, wide sleeve; a poke sleeve.

  • Poke (noun)

    An ice cream cone.

  • Poke (noun)

    Pokeweed.

  • Poke (noun)

    Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.

  • Prod (verb)

    To poke, to push, to touch.

  • Prod (verb)

    To encourage, to prompt.

  • Prod (verb)

    To prick with a goad.

  • Prod (noun)

    A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.

  • Prod (noun)

    A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.

  • Prod (noun)

    A poke.

    “”It’s your turn,” she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.”

  • Prod (noun)

    A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.

  • Prod (noun)

    A production.

    “Check our BBS for the latest prods.”

    “We’ve hit ten million users in prod today.”

Wiktionary
  • Poke (verb)

    jab or prod (someone or something) with one’s finger or a sharp object

    “he poked Benny in the ribs and pointed”

    “they sniffed, felt, and poked at everything they bought”

  • Poke (verb)

    prod and stir (a fire) with a poker to make it burn more fiercely

    “she drew the curtains then poked the fire into a blaze”

  • Poke (verb)

    make (a hole) in something by prodding or jabbing at it

    “don’t forget to poke holes in the dough to allow steam to escape”

  • Poke (verb)

    (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (a woman).

  • Poke (verb)

    thrust (something, such as one’s head) in a particular direction

    “I poked my head around the door to see what was going on”

  • Poke (verb)

    protrude and be visible

    “she had wisps of grey hair poking out from under her bonnet”

  • Poke (noun)

    an act of poking someone or something

    “she gave the fire a poke”

  • Poke (noun)

    an act of sexual intercourse.

  • Poke (noun)

    a look or search around a place

    “his mother comes into his room sometimes and has a poke round”

  • Poke (noun)

    power or acceleration in a car

    “I expect you’d prefer something with a bit more poke”

  • Poke (noun)

    a woman’s bonnet with a projecting brim or front, popular especially in the early 19th century.

  • Poke (noun)

    a bag or small sack

    “he fished out a poke of crisps from under the counter”

  • Poke (noun)

    a purse or wallet

    “his wallet’s half out of his pocket—it comes to me that I might as well lift his poke”

  • Poke (noun)

    another term for pokeweed

  • Poke (noun)

    a North American plant of the lily family with a poisonous black rhizome and tall sprays of yellow-green flowers.

  • Poke (noun)

    a Hawaiian dish of marinated raw fish or seafood, often served over rice

    “a buffet full of Hawaiian favourites like fresh poke”

    “a wide range of poke bowls”

Oxford Dictionary
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