Definition of Poke

to nudge sharply

Examples of Poke in a sentence

When the man began to doze off during the minister’s Sunday sermon, his wife decided to poke him in the ribs to wake him up.  🔊

As the hearing impaired man’s name is called, he sits there until the two men nearby poke him in his side.  🔊

In order to see if a snake lived there, the two boys took a stick and decided to poke the small hole in the ground.  🔊

When the animal didn’t move, the old man realized he would need to poke it to see if it was alive.  🔊

Since it was past time to get up this morning, the woman needed to poke her husband so that he would wake up.  🔊

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