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Clarified primary definition.
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'''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''
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