Definition of Poking. Meaning of Poking. Synonyms of Poking

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Definition of Poking

Poking
Poke Poke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poked; p. pr. & vb. n. Poking.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.] 1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire. He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?' --Chaucer. 2. To thrust with the horns; to gore. 3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. [Colloq. U. S.] To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.] To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]
Poking
Poking Pok"ing, a. Drudging; servile. [Colloq.] Bred to some poking profession. --Gray.

Meaning of Poking from wikipedia

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- The DFB-Pokal (German: [ˌdeːʔɛfˈbeː poˈkaːl]), also known as the German Cup in English, is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by...
- century, hand-poking was a common tattooing method, alongside incision tattoos and subdermal tattooing. In the modern day, stick-and-poke tattoos are often...
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- preventing the poker from taking a loss. Some events try to prevent eye poking by having fighters wear gloves with webbing over the fingers. In a street...
- The Poke is a British satirical website. It was launched in 2002 as a fanzine distributed at the Edinburgh Festival and independent music shops. The website...
- with spherical devices known as Poké Balls. Once the opposing Pokémon is sufficiently weakened, the Trainer throws the Poké Ball against the Pokémon, which...
- Condon published in 1990. It is a satire about an "Imperial Presidency", poking fun at Ronald Reagan. A nuclear device explodes in Washington and destroys...