Poke may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Poke (''Ender's Game''), a fictional character
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Poke (game)
''A Gamut of Games'' is an innovative book of games written by Sid Sackson and first published in 1969. It contains rules for a large number of paper and pencil, card, and board games. Many of the games in the book had never before been publish ...
, a two-player card game
* Poke, a fictional bar owner in the television series ''
Treme''
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The Poke
The Poke is a British satirical website. It was launched in 2002 as a fanzine distributed at the Edinburgh Festival and independent music stores. The website is known for producing viral videos, which are often Auto-Tune edits of British current a ...
, a British satirical website
Food
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Poke (confectionery)
An ice cream cone, poke (Ireland/Scotland) or cornet (England) is a brittle, cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, made so ice cream can be carried and eaten without a bowl or spoon, for example, the Hong Kon ...
, a dry, cone-shaped pastry
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Poke (Hawaiian dish)
Poke ( Hawaiian for "to slice" or "cut crosswise into pieces"; sometimes anglicised as 'poké' to aid pronunciation) is diced raw fish served either as an appetizer or a main course and is one of the popular dishes in Hawaii. Traditional form ...
, originating in Hawaii
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Poke (pudding)
''Po‘e'' or ''poke'' is a Polynesian pudding usually eaten as a dessert.
Etymology
The Tahitian word ''po'e'' is derived from the proto-Polynesian root ''poke'' which means "to mix", "to knead". It is still called ''poke'' in all Polynesian l ...
, originating in the Cook Islands
Other uses
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PEEK and POKE, BASIC commands
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Poke bonnet
A poke bonnet (sometimes also referred to as a Neapolitan bonnet or simply as a poke) is a women's bonnet, featuring a small crown and wide and rounded front brim. Typically this extends beyond the face. It has been suggested that the name came ...
, a type of headwear
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Poke (Facebook)
Facebook is a social-network service website launched on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. The following is a list of software and technology features that can be found on the Facebook website and mobile app and are available to users of t ...
, a Facebook feature
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Poke (Oklahoma State University)
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater. The program's mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates at the National Co ...
, a nickname for an Oklahoma State Cowboys athlete
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Poke (surname) Poke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bob Poke (1906–1989), Australian politician
* Greville Poke (1912–2000), British arts administrator
* James Poke (born 1963), English musician
* Michael Poke
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Poke language
The Poke language (also called Puki, Tofoke, Topoke or Tovoke), is in the Soko–Kele languages group of Bantu languages. It is spoken by the Topoke people of the Tshopo District, Isangi Territory
Isangi is a territory of the Democratic Republi ...
, a Soko–Kele language spoken by the Topoke people
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Virginia poke or pokeweed, a herbaceous perennial plant
See also
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Pig in a poke
A ''pig in a poke'' is a thing that is bought without first being inspected, and thus of unknown authenticity or quality. The idiom is attested in 1555:
I wyll neuer bye the pyg in the poke
Thers many a foule pyg in a feyre cloke
A "poke" is a b ...
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Poke salad (disambiguation)
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