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poke
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: p?k, IPA(key): /p??k/
- (US) enPR: p?k, IPA(key): /po?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Middle English, perhaps from Middle Dutch poken or Middle Low German poken (both from Proto-Germanic *puk-), which is probably imitative.
Verb
poke (third-person singular simple present pokes, present participle poking, simple past and past participle poked)
- To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. [from later 14th c.]
- To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
- (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around. [from early 19th c.]
- (transitive, computing) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
- (transitive) To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
- (transitive) To thrust at with the horns; to gore.
- (transitive, informal, Internet) To notify (another user) of activity on social media or an instant messenger.
- (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To penetrate in sexual intercourse.
Synonyms
- (rummage): fumble, glaum, root; see also Thesaurus:feel around
- (penetrate in sexual intercourse): drill, nail, pound; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
poke (plural pokes)
- A prod, jab, or thrust.
- (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
- (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
- (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
- (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.
- (informal, Internet) A notification sent to get another user's attention on social media or an instant messenger.
- A poke bonnet.
Derived terms
- better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
Etymology 2
From Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke (whence pocket), from Frankish *poka. More at pocket.
Noun
poke (plural pokes)
- (now regional) A sack or bag. [from early 13th c.]
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 2, scene 7:
- And then he drew a dial from his poke,
And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,
Says very wisely, ‘It is ten o'clock…’
- And then he drew a dial from his poke,
- 1605, William Camden, Remaines Concerning Brittaine, 1629 edition, Proverbes, page 276:
- When the Pig is proffered, hold vp the poke.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, 1907 edition, poem Nimphidia:
- And suddainly vntyes the Poke,
Which out of it sent such a smoke,
As ready was them all to choke,
So greeuous was the pother […]
- And suddainly vntyes the Poke,
- 1814, September 4, The Examiner, volume 13, number 349, article French Fashions, page 573:
- … and as to shape, a nightmare has as much. Under the poke and the muff-box, the face sometimes entirely disappears …
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, page 91:
- In the summertime they'd reach out and snatch your straw hat right off your head, and if you were fool enough to go after it your poke was bound to be lighter when you came out.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 138:
- She did not eat blood-oranges. Her maw gived her one in a poke and she was going to throw it in the bin, Oh it is all black.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 2, scene 7:
- A long, wide sleeve.
- Synonym: poke sleeve
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Either a shortening of, or from the same source as, pocan (“pokeweed”) (q.v.).
Noun
poke (uncountable)
- (dialectal) pokeweed
Synonyms
- see the list at pokeweed
Translations
Etymology 4
From Hawaiian poke (“slice crossways”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?po?.ke?/
Noun
poke (uncountable)
- (Hawaii) Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs, spices, or other flavorful ingredients.
Usage notes
Often typeset as poké to aid pronunciation.
Anagrams
- kepo
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?poke/, [?po?ke?]
- Rhymes: -oke
- Syllabification: po?ke
Etymology 1
From portsari (“doorman”).
Noun
poke
- (slang) doorman, bouncer (at a bar or nightclub)
Declension
Etymology 2
From porno (“pornography”).
Noun
poke
- (slang) pornography
Declension
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?poke/
Adverb
poke
- slightly
Maori
Adjective
poke
- grimy
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pok, poc, puke
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman poke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??k(?)/
Noun
poke (plural pokes)
- sack, pouch, bag
Descendants
- English: poke
- Yola: poake, pooke
References
- “p?ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Alternative forms
- poque, pouche, puche
Etymology
From Frankish *poka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.k?/
Noun
poke f (oblique plural pokes, nominative singular poke, nominative plural pokes)
- sack
- E puis les poudrez bien de sel e les mettez ensemble en une poke de bon kanevaz
Derived terms
- poket
Descendants
- ? Middle English: poc, poke, pooke
- English: poke (regional)
- Scots: pok, poke, polk, poik
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *pokowjä-, earlier *p?kewjä-, from pre-Tocharian *b?eh???ow-h?en- (definite), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh???ús (“arm”). Compare Tocharian B pokai.
Noun
poke
- arm
References
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) , “poko*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, ?ISBN, page 434
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dong
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Vietnamese ??ng, from Middle Chinese ? (duwng, “copper”) (compare Mandarin ? (tóng)), from Old Chinese ? (*l?o?).
Noun
dong (plural dongs or dong)
- The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ?
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin unknown. Perhaps from The Dong with a Luminous Nose, an 1894 poem by Edward Lear about a mythical creature. Attested since the 1930s.
Noun
dong (plural dongs)
- (slang) A penis.
- 1983, "Penis Song" (from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)
- Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
- Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
- 1983, "Penis Song" (from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life)
- (slang, by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
Synonyms
- (penis): See Thesaurus:penis.
Related terms
- ding-dong
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic
Noun
dong (plural dongs)
- Onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch.
Translations
Verb
dong (third-person singular simple present dongs, present participle donging, simple past and past participle donged)
- Of a bell: to make a low-pitched ringing sound.
Etymology 4
Korean ?(?) (dong, “neighborhood”)
Noun
dong (plural dongs)
- A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
Anagrams
- Gond, gnod
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
Syncope of dorang.
Pronoun
dong
- they
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Hyphenation: dong
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch *dong, from Old Dutch *dunga, from Proto-Germanic *dung?. Cognate to English dung.
Noun
dong m (uncountable)
- (dated, dialectal, Northern) dung, manure
- Synonym: mest
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Vietnamese ??ng.
Noun
dong m (plural dongs)
- dong, the currency of Vietnam
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dong
- singular past indicative of dingen
Hungarian
Etymology
From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?do??]
- Rhymes: -o??
- Homophone: ??ng
Verb
dong
- (intransitive, of an insect) to buzz, bumble, drone
- (intransitive, of a large hollow object) to boom, rumble, thunder (to make a dull, low-pitched, reverberating sound when hit)
Conjugation
or
Derived terms
- dongás
- dongó
(With verbal prefixes):
See also
- ??ng (“currency of Vietnam”)
References
Further reading
- dong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- dong in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
Mandarin
Romanization
dong
- Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
- Nonstandard spelling of dòng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Middle English
Noun
dong
- Alternative form of donge
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dong m (definite singular dongen, indefinite plural donger, definite plural dongene)
- (slang) condom
Portuguese
Noun
dong m (plural dongs)
- dong (currency of Vietnam)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [zaw??m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [jaw??m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaw??m??]
Verb
dong
- drive, escort
Noun
(classifier cây) dong
- Phrynium placentarium
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ù??
Etymology
From dyngj.
Noun
dong m (definite dongen)
- droppings, especially in a pen, especially sheep droppings mixed with straw residue, bedding and hay motes, which the sheep lie on in the sheep barn
Zou
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do??/
Verb
dong
- (transitive) to solicit
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do??/
Verb
dong
- (transitive) to intercept
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do???/
Verb
dóng
- (transitive) to hinder
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do???/
Verb
dòng
- (intransitive) to ask
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63
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