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pokable

pokable adjective: capable of being poked.

Adjective

pokable (comparative more pokable, superlative most pokable)

  1. Capable of being poked.
    • Like young monkeys, apes, or humans, they poked and pried inquisitively at anything that seemed pokable or priable.1992, Thomas A. Easton, Woodsman, page 90
  2. (slang, vulgar) Sexually desirable.

Forms of pokable

comparativemore pokable
superlativemost pokable

Origin of pokable

From poke + -able.

Questions about pokable

What does pokable mean?
Pokable means capable of being poked.
What part of speech is pokable?
Pokable is an adjective.

Words near pokable in the dictionary

  1. Pok'ot'u
  2. pok-a-tok
  3. pok-ta-pok
  4. poka
  5. poka-yoke
  6. pokable
  7. pokal
  8. pokals
  9. Pokanoket
  10. Pokanokets
  11. poke

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