poking

Verb

poke (third-person singular simple present pokes, present participle poking, simple past and past participle poked)

1. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
   • Ward showed good pace to beat the advancing Reina to the ball and poke a low finish into the corner.2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC
2. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
3. (figuratively) To rummage; to feel or grope around.
   • I poked about in the rubble, trying to find my lost keys.

   Synonyms:

   fumble, glaum, root, feel around, scrabble, fish, forage, scramble, grabble, grope

4. (dated, transitive) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
   • The 200 UDGs may be used either by paging between 10 sets of 20 UDGs or, alternatively, by displaying 96 different characters by poking the system variable CHARS with 256 less than the starting address of your graphics.1984 July, Franco Frey, “SPECGRAFFITI”, in Crash, number 6
5. (transitive) To put a poke (device to prevent leaping or breaking fences) on (an animal).
   • to poke an ox
6. (transitive) To thrust at with the horns; to gore.

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