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/poʊk fən/ Listen

verb

Poke v. t. (past & past part. poked; pres. part. poking)

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?""

To thrust with the horns; to gore.

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.)

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"Poke fun" Quotes from Famous Books

... said, "nobody knows how hard it is to be a little man. Nobody respects you. Your folks always apologize and try to explain your size or tell you not to mind. And strangers and friends poke fun at you. After a while, of course, you learn to laugh at yourself on the outside and folks get to think that it's all a joke for you too and that you don't mind. But you never laugh on the inside or when you're by yourself. And you get ...

— Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds

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