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To poke fun

Poke \Poke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poked; p. pr. & vb. n. Poking.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.]

  1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.

    He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?''
    --Chaucer.

  2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.

  3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.

    To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]

    To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]