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What is the noun for poke?

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poke
  1. A prod, jab, or punch.
  2. (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
  3. (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
  4. (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
  5. (computing) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. jab, dig, prod, butt, nudge, thrust, dab, lunge, push, shove, stab, tap, bunt, elbow, plunge, jolt, bump, punch, jostle, knock, jog, touch, ram, shoulder, dig in the ribs, prick, drive, bang, barge, smack, hit, strike, thump, bash, heave, pull, thwack, jar, whack, feint, swing, head-butt, blow, pass, charge … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “A poke in his side, however, caught his attention and he looked down to a frowning Shi who had a scolding look on her face.”
      “Last season's leading marksman latched onto a poke forward by Luke Norris and obliged with a crisp finish past an exposed David Forde.”
      “You go flapping your silly mouth about me and I'll give you a poke in the eye.”
poke
  1. (now regional) A sack or bag. [from early 13th c.]
  2. A long, wide sleeve; a poke sleeve.
  3. (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. jab, dig, prod, butt, nudge, thrust, dab, lunge, push, shove, stab, tap, bunt, elbow, plunge, jolt, bump, punch, jostle, knock, jog, touch, ram, shoulder, dig in the ribs, prick, drive, bang, barge, smack, hit, strike, thump, bash, heave, pull, thwack, jar, whack, feint, swing, head-butt, blow, pass, charge … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “A poke in his side, however, caught his attention and he looked down to a frowning Shi who had a scolding look on her face.”
      “Last season's leading marksman latched onto a poke forward by Luke Norris and obliged with a crisp finish past an exposed David Forde.”
      “You go flapping your silly mouth about me and I'll give you a poke in the eye.”
poke
  1. (Hawaii) Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. jab, dig, prod, butt, nudge, thrust, dab, lunge, push, shove, stab, tap, bunt, elbow, plunge, jolt, bump, punch, jostle, knock, jog, touch, ram, shoulder, dig in the ribs, prick, drive, bang, barge, smack, hit, strike, thump, bash, heave, pull, thwack, jar, whack, feint, swing, head-butt, blow, pass, charge … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A poke in his side, however, caught his attention and he looked down to a frowning Shi who had a scolding look on her face.”
      “Last season's leading marksman latched onto a poke forward by Luke Norris and obliged with a crisp finish past an exposed David Forde.”
      “You go flapping your silly mouth about me and I'll give you a poke in the eye.”
poking
  1. The act by which something is poked.
poke
  1. (dialectal) Pokeweed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. jab, dig, prod, butt, nudge, thrust, dab, lunge, push, shove, stab, tap, bunt, elbow, plunge, jolt, bump, punch, jostle, knock, jog, touch, ram, shoulder, dig in the ribs, prick, drive, bang, barge, smack, hit, strike, thump, bash, heave, pull, thwack, jar, whack, feint, swing, head-butt, blow, pass, charge … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A poke in his side, however, caught his attention and he looked down to a frowning Shi who had a scolding look on her face.”
      “Last season's leading marksman latched onto a poke forward by Luke Norris and obliged with a crisp finish past an exposed David Forde.”
      “You go flapping your silly mouth about me and I'll give you a poke in the eye.”
pokey
  1. (slang, with "the") prison.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prison, gaol, jail, dungeon, jailhouse, penitentiary, coop, slammer, can, clink, cooler, hold, joint, lockup, pound, reformatory, stockade, brig, cell, keep, pen, bastille, bridewell, calaboose, guardroom, hock, hoosegow, jug, nick, slam, bullpen, quod, solitary, stir, tolbooth, inside, detention camp, house of correction, penal institution, big house, black hole, up the river, guardhouse, borstal, lock-up, correctional facility, boot camp, correctional institution, glasshouse, poky … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I had to go to the pokey for that. Ten years they gave me, and that was a long stretch.”
pokings
  1. plural of poking
pokeys
  1. plural of pokey
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prison, gaols, jail, dungeons, jailhouses, penitentiaries, coops, slammers, cans, clinks, cooler, holds, joints, lockups, pounds, reformatories, stockades, brigs, cells, keeps, pens, bastilles, bridewells, calabooses, guardrooms, hock, hoosegows, jugs, nicks, slam, bullpens, quods, solitary, stir, tolbooths, insides, houses of correction, big houses, black holes, guardhouses, borstals, correctional institutions, correctional facilities, boot camps, lock-ups, glasshouses, boobs, roundhouses, detention centres, approved schools … more
pokes
  1. plural of poke
  2. Synonyms:
      3. jabs, digs, prods, butts, nudges, thrust, dabs, lunges, pushes, shoves, stabs, taps, bunts, elbows, plunges, jolts, bumps, punch, jogs, shoulders, knocks, rams, touch, jostles, pricks, drives, heaves, barges, bangs, pulls, bashes, thwacks, jars, smacks, strikes, whacks, thumps, hits, charge, rushes, dives … more
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