Poke noun A long, wide sleeve; a poke sleeve. Poke noun An ice cream cone. Poke noun dialectal Pokeweed. Poke noun Hawaii Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients. Poke noun A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca Phytolacca decandra , bearing dark purple juicy berries; - called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed.
Poke noun A bag; a sack; a pocket. Poke noun A long, wide sleeve; - called also poke sleeve. Poke noun The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. Poke noun A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. Poke noun A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences.
Poke verb To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire. Poke verb To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. Poke verb To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about. Poke noun tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous.
Poke noun a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. Poke verb make a hole by poking. Poke verb of a man have sexual intercourse with a woman. Poke noun an act of sexual intercourse. Poke noun a woman's bonnet with a projecting brim or front, popular especially in the early 19th century. 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.
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Attendance vs. Prod Definition: n. A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc. A prick or stab which a pointed instrument. A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd.
To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student. Example Sentences: 1 Anatomists involved with studies of the hippocampal formation are being prodded by computational modelers and physiologists who demand detailed and quantitative information concerning hippocampal neurons and circuits.
Words possibly related to " poke ". Words possibly related to " prod ". But to prod the War on Drugs ever further into history is to make the death of children like Michael Brown ever less likely. Those were executive action, designed to call attention to an issue, prod Congress, or achieve results.
And, of course, a rebuke to our current politics and especially our president, who seems unable to prod a bee to buzz. No sooner had his feet hit the floor, however, than he felt the cold, stern prod of the barrel of an automatic. She was badly needed to prod the Mexican women in their labors of making beds and sweeping rooms that were occupied twice daily.
For the time being, I'd like to loaf on you for a week or so and watch the wheels go around without my having to prod them. It is wonderful how a mite of laudation will prod us to be more worthy.
We felt the prod of gregarious instinct, the drawing together as though for united action, the impulse toward cooperation.
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