Basic Facebook Guide: Poke Meaning

Poke Meaning

Examples of “poke”

These examples of poke are from the Cambridge English Corpus and from sources on the web.
These examples are from the Cambridge English Corpus and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Predictable fun is poked at some of the more colourful characters.
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I poked my head out of the covers and stared over the edge of the bed.
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The stereotypes in question ridiculed and poked fun at older people, or presented them as being out of touch and unattractive.

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In the rustic humour there were opportunities for poking fun at lords and masters and oppressive authority, both civil and military.
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If you love and marriage isn't on or isn't easy sooner or later you get round to poking, to put it crudely.
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Three stereotypes stood out in this group because they poked fun at older people.
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She not only rejects all of her suitors but also pokes fun at them.
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In any home where there is a young child, socket guards should be fitted to prevent a finger or pencil being poked into a potentially dangerous electrical socket.
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The omission reflects the hubris of the academic wordsmiths who shaped it: in their scholarly world of tongues poked out at reality, describing is perceived as the same as controlling.
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If you chose a large, cold thermometer and poked it into the water, it might absorb a lot of energy from the water and thus make it much cooler.
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Because they were so busy trying to fill the holes the government had poked in the safety net, unions had little time left to make wage demands.

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