v. 拨火；刺（poke的ing形式）

[ noun ]
a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
<noun.act>
he warned me with a jab with his fingerhe made a thrusting motion with his fist

Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Poking}.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a
dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a
blow, Gael. puc to push.]
1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed;
hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?''
--Chaucer.

2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.

3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
[Colloq. U. S.]

{To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]

{To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]


Poking \Pok"ing\, a.
Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]

Bred to some poking profession. --Gray.