Poke 174714 219959059 2008-06-17T17:12:48Z 68.226.9.206 Clarified primary definition. {{wiktionarypar3|poke|Poke|POKE}} '''Poke''' *An action of tapping and/or softly jabbing another person using a finger to gain their attention. '''Poke''', '''Poké''' or '''POKE''' may refer to: *[[PEEK and POKE|POKE]], a BASIC programming language command *[[Poke (game)]], a card game *[[Poke (gesture)]], different definition for pricking someone with a pointed finger, most of the time used for teasing or showing a certain compassion *[[Poke (cuisine)]], a dish from Hawaiian cuisine, cubed raw fish served as an appetizer *A character from the science fiction novel ''[[Ender's Shadow]]'' *A fossil word for sack, [[bag]], [[purse]], [[budget]], etc., as in "a pig in a poke." Still used in the literal sense in some American dialects *[[Pokeweed]] or Poke root, several perennial plants in the ''Phytolacca'' genus, the Southern United States dish known as "poke salad" *[[Facebook_features#Pokes|Poke]], a feature on Facebook where a user can try to get another person to notice him or her *''[[Poke646]]'', a single-player mod for the game ''Half-Life'' {{disambig}}