Толковый словарь английского языка - poke
Poke
poke
I. noun see: pocket Date: 13th century bag , sack , 2. wallet , purse , II. verb (~d; poking) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch ~n to ~ Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. prod , jab , to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing , to cause to prod ; thrust , b. pierce , stab , to produce by or as if by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing , c. hit , punch , to deliver (a blow) with the fist, to hit (a blooper) in baseball, 2. to cause to project , to make (one's way) by poking , to interpose or interject in a meddlesome manner , intransitive verb 1. to make a prodding, jabbing, or thrusting movement especially repeatedly, to strike out at something, 2. to look about or through something without system ; rummage , meddle , to move or act slowly or aimlessly , to become stuck out or forward ; protrude , III. noun Date: circa 1796 1. a quick thrust ; jab , a blow with the fist ; punch , a projecting brim on the front of a woman's bonnet, a cutting remark ; dig , IV. noun Etymology: perhaps modification of Virginia Algonquian pocone, poughkone puccoon Date: 1708 ~weed
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 (foll. by in, up, down, etc.) a tr. thrust or push with the hand, point of a stick, etc. b intr. be thrust forward. 2 intr. (foll. by at etc.) make thrusts with a stick etc. 3 tr. thrust the end of a finger etc. against. 4 tr. (foll. by in) produce (a hole etc. in a thing) by poking. 5 tr. thrust forward, esp. obtrusively. 6 tr. stir (a fire) with a poker. 7 intr. a (often foll. by about, around) move or act desultorily; potter. b (foll. by about, into) pry; search casually. 8 tr. coarse sl. have sexual intercourse with. 9 tr. (foll. by up) colloq. confine (esp. oneself) in a poky place. --n. 1 the act or an instance of poking. 2 a thrust or nudge. 3 a device fastened on cattle etc. to prevent them breaking through fences. 4 a a projecting brim or front of a woman's bonnet or hat. b (in full poke-bonnet) a bonnet having this. Phrases and idioms poke fun at ridicule, tease. poke one's nose into colloq. pry or intrude into (esp. a person's affairs). Etymology: ME f. MDu. and MLG poken, of unkn. orig. 2. n. dial. a bag or sack. Phrases and idioms buy a pig in a poke see PIG. Etymology: ME f. ONF poke, poque = OF poche: cf. POUCH ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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