plural of Poke

A surname.

present participle of poke

The act by which something is poked.

drudging; servile

plural of poking

A food made from diced raw fish, seasoning, diced fruit and vegetables, and sometimes rice. / A food made from boiled pokeweed leaves, which are poisonous unless cooked properly.

(idiomatic) Something whose true value is concealed or unknown and may be lower than expected by the buyer or claimed by the seller, especially something offered for sale.

(computing) Any method of inducing physical harm to a computer or peripheral by software means, especially by inserting invalid values into a control register or by building up harmonic oscillations in a hard disk, etc.

(intransitive, Australia, New Zealand, often with "at") To ridicule.