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poke
verb- (from a man’s point of view) to have sex with a woman UK, 1868
- CARTER: How would have liked it if it had been your daughter, eh? (another punch) Being poked in that film, eh? — Mike Hodges, Get Carter, p. 65, 1971
- That’s pretty much the story, folks, and after everybody gets to poke each other, in the pool, on the couch, in the bathroom and living room, Mosca performs his fabulous erotic dance[.] — Adult Video, p. 13, August/September 1986
- BB: Hey, asshole, here’s the ultimate fuck-you. I just poked your wife! — Tin Men, 1987
- I’d poke her myself, ‘cept last time I tried white stuff I got my neck sliced. — James Ellroy, White Jazz, p. 52, 1992
- So, we thought we’d get a little bet on, as to whether he’d actually go in and poke one of the brasses [prostitutes][.] — Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, p. 22, 1996
- Not Man U-fuckin-nited? Aw please God, don’t tell me ye poked one of the Scum. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 110, 2002
- used as an emphatic rejection UK
Synonymous with STUFF or FUCK IT!. - I’m going to start working at Labiarinth later in the week, so you can poke your stupid job. — Colin Butts, Is Harry Still on the Boat?, p. 139, 2003
- to smoke marijuana US, 1982
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
- to inject a drug UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
- to send a meaning-free message to a friend on the social network website Facebook US
Friends poke each other to attract attention, to say hello, or as part of a “Poke War”. - For users intrigued by the ambituity of the “poking” function, the site’s frequently asked questions section offers little explanation. “We have about as much of an idea [of what poking is] as you do,” the site says. “We thought it would be fun to make a feature that has no specific purpose.” — The Stanford Daily, 5 March 2004
▶ poke borak
to make fun of someone or something; to deride someone or something; to ridicule someone or something AUSTRALIA, 1873
Contextually in this phrase “borak” means “rubbish; nonsense”. It has its origins in the Australian Aboriginal language Wathawurung where it expressed negation.- Makes me ropeable that feller does, poking borak every time he gets a chance. — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 21, 1962
- — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 77, 1972
▶ poke mullock at
to deride someone; to make fun of someone AUSTRALIA, 1916- MULLOCK, TO POKE–To deride. — Gilbert H. Lawson, A Dictionary of Australian Words and Terms, 1924
- I heard what you said when you grabbed that rope. Poking mullock at us because we won’t go out over an empty hatch. — John Morrison, Stories of the Waterfront, p. 23, 1962
▶ poke squid
(of a male) to have sex US- What, Rory–you wen poke squid las’ night? — Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max Hana Hou, 1982
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