0 past simple and past participle of poke
1 to push a finger or other pointed object quickly into someone or something:
2 to (cause something to) appear or stretch out from behind or through something else:
3 to greet someone on a social networking website by leaving them a special short message
Predictable fun is poked at some of the more colourful characters.
I poked my head out of the covers and stared over the edge of the bed.
Three stereotypes stood out in this group because they poked fun at older people.
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.
Neither the older people nor the students liked advertisements that ridiculed or poked fun at older people, or presented them as being out of touch with reality and unattractive.
She poked her neck and face far forward and had a tendency to slouch, letting the -ute hang to the right side at what appeared an extremely uncomfor table angle.
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.
Compare, for example, "sophisticated," which would have adequately poked fun at such lowbrow taste by playing on the common equation of sophistication with something positive to which most would aspire.
