Past tense of poke
regular verb
The past tense of poke is poked. The past participle is also poked.
Forms of poke
| Base form (V1) | poke /pəʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | poked /pəʊkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | poked /pəʊkt/ |
| Present participle | poking /ˈpəʊkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pokes /pəʊks/ |
Poked in a sentence
- I poked about in the rubble, trying to find my lost keys.
- We poked a stick into the hornets' nest and ran like mad.From the entry like mad
- Hey, watch where you're throwing that thing! You could've poked Jeff's eye out.From the entry poke someone's eye out
- The horse-drawn carriage just poked along.From the entry poke along
- Since being discovered, Weird Twitter has been poked, prodded, analyzed and made merciless fun of.2013 November 12, Samantha Bares, “We should appreciate 'Weird Twitter'”, in The Daily Reveille, Louisiana State University, page 9. From the entry Weird Twitter
Meaning of poke
- verb To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
- verb To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
- verb To rummage; to feel or grope around.
Questions about the past tense of poke
- What is the past tense of poke?
- The past tense of poke is poked.
- What is the past participle of poke?
- The past participle of poke is poked.
- Is poke a regular or irregular verb?
- Poke is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poke (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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