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poke /pouk/

• danh từ
  • túi
  • to buy a pig in a poke
    • (xem) pig

• danh từ
  • cú chọc, cú thúc, cú đẩy
  • cái gông (buộc vào trâu bò... để ngăn không cho chạy qua hàng rào)
  • vành mũ (đàn bà)

• ngoại động từ
  • chọc, thúc, thích, ấn, ẩy (bằng ngón tay, đầu gậy)
    • to poke someone in the ribs: thúc vào sườn ai
    • to poke something in: ấn vào cái gì
    • to poke something down: chọc cái gì xuống
  • chọc, thủng (lỗ...)
  • cời, gạt (lửa...)
  • xen vào, chõ vào
    • to poke one's nose into other people's affairs: chõ mũi vào việc của người khác
  • thò ra
    • to poke one's head: thò đầu ra

• nội động từ
  • (+ at) chọc, thúc, thích, ấn, ẩy
    • to poke at someone with a stick: lấy gậy thúc ai
  • (+ about) lục lọi, mò mẫm
    • to go poking about: đi mò mẫm
  • (+ into) điều tra, tìm tòi, xoi mói; (nghĩa bóng) chõ mũi vào, chõ mõm vào, dính vào, xen vào (việc người khác)
  • (từ lóng) thụi, đấm, quai
  • to poke fun at somebody
    • chế giễu ai
  • to poke and pry
    • xoi mói, tìm tòi, chõ mũi vào, chõ mõm vào, dính vào, xen vào (việc người khác)
  • to poke oneself up
    • tự giam mình trong một căn phòng nhỏ hẹp tối tăm

verb, noun
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sb/sth (with sth) to quickly push your fingers or another object into sb/sth: She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. + She poked her elbow into his ribs. + I'm sick of being poked and prodded by doctors. + She got up and poked the fire (= to make it burn more strongly).
2 [VN +adv./prep.] to push sth somewhere or move it in a particular direction with a small quick movement: He poked his head around the corner to check that nobody was coming. + Someone had poked a message under the door. + Don't poke her eye out with that stick!
3 [V +adv./prep.] if an object is poking out of, through, etc. sth, you can see a part of it that is no longer covered by sth else: The end of the cable was left poking out of the wall. + A bony elbow poked through a hole in his sweater. + Clumps of grass poked up through the snow.
4 [VN +adv./prep.] ~ a hole in sth (with sth) to make a hole in sth by pushing your finger or another object into it: The kids poked holes in the ice with sticks.
5 [VN] (slang, !!!) (of a man) to have sex with sb
Idioms: poke fun at sb/sth to say unkind things about sb/sth in order to make other people laugh at them: Her novels poke fun at the upper class. + She's always poking fun at herself.
more at NOSE n.
Phrasal Verbs: poke about / around (informal) to look for sth, especially sth that is hidden among other things that you have to move: The police spent the day poking around in his office but found nothing. + (figurative) We've had journalists poking around and asking a lot of questions.
poke at sth to push a pointed object, your finger, etc. at sth repeatedly with small quick movements: He poked at the spaghetti with a fork.
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] the action of quickly pushing your fingers or another object into sb/sth: to give the fire a poke + He gave me a poke in the ribs to wake me up.
2 [U] (BrE) power in a car: I prefer something with a bit more poke.
Idioms: have a poke around (informal) to look carefully around a place to see what you can find; to try to find out information about sb/sth: His mother often goes into his room and has a good old poke around.
take a poke at sb/sth (old-fashioned, AmE, informal) to make an unkind remark about sb/sth; to laugh at sb/sth
more at PIG n.