Poked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              He poked John, and said "Sleepest thou ?" --Chaucer.
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     2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
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     3. [From 5th {Poke}, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
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     {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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