poke

Definitions

General English

• verb to push something or someone quickly with a finger or with something sharp

Cars & Driving

• noun power or acceleration

Computing

• noun a computer instruction that modifies an entry in a memory by writing a number to an address in memory

Electronics

• To alter or store the content of a memory location which has been peeked. Also the command to perform this action.

Food

• A Hawaiian dish of fish marinated in a highly spiced sauce

Slang

• noun an act of sexual intercourse. Poke shares this sexual sense with bang, boff, knock, etc., which are all synonyms for strike.
• noun a punch, blow. A specialised sense of the standard English word poke meaning to prod (having the same meaning as the Middle Dutch poken).

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Contexts for “poke”

7 definitions in context
• General English
• Cars & Driving
• Computing
• Electronics
• Food
• Slang