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.]
Poke, v. i. To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as,
to poke about.
A man must have poked into Latin and Greek.
Prior.
Poke, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
Ld. Lytton.
2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
[Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
3. A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through
fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
[U.S.]
Poke bonnet, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.
Poke"bag` (?), n. [So called in allusion to its baglike nest.] (Zoˆl.)
The European long- tailed titmouse; -- called also poke-pudding. [Prov.
Eng.]
Pok"er (?), n. [From Poke to push.] 1. One who pokes.
2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod
used in stirring a fire of coals.