To thrust or push against; prod, especially with something long or pointed; prod and stir up: as, to poke a person in the ribs.To push gently; jog.To thrust or push.To force as if by thrusting; urge; incite.To put a poke on: as, to poke an ox or a pig. See poke, n., 3. [U. S.] To set the plaits of (a ruff).To stoop or bend forward in walking.To grope; search; feel or push one's way in or as in the dark; also, to move to and fro; dawdle.n. A gentle thrust or push, especially with something long or pointed; a prod; a dig.n. A poke-bonnet.n. A sort of collar or ox-bow from the lower part of which a short pole projects, placed about the neck of a cow or steer in order to prevent it from jumping fences.n. A lazy person; a dawdler.n. A pocket; a pouch; a bag; a sack.n. A large, wide, bag-like sleeve formerly in vogue. Same as poke-sleeve.n. A bag or bladder filled with air and used by fishermen as a buoy.n. The stomach or swimming-bladder of a fish.n. A cock, as of hay.n. A customary unit of weight for wool, 20 hundredweight.n. Same as pokeweed or garget.n. The small green heron more fully called shitepoke.n. Scrofula.In cricket, to bat in a cramped, over-cautious style.n. In cricket: A cramped, timid batting stroke.n. A batsman who plays in a cramped, over-cautious style.