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poke+(noun)

  • 1 poke

    [pəuk] 1. verb
    1) (to push something into; to prod: He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.) χώνω,μπήγω,σπρώχνω
    2) (to make (a hole) by doing this: She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.) ανοίγω(τρύπα)/σκαλίζω
    3) (to (cause to) protrude or project: She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.) χώνω,προεξέχω
    2. noun
    (an act of poking; a prod or nudge: He gave me a poke in the arm.) σκουντιά
    - poky
    - pokey
    - poke about/around
    - poke fun at
    - poke one's nose into

    English-Greek dictionary > poke

  • 2 dig

    [diɡ] 1. present participle - digging; verb
    1) (to turn up (earth) with a spade etc: to dig the garden.) σκάβω
    2) (to make (a hole) in this way: The child dug a tunnel in the sand.) ανοίγω
    3) (to poke: He dug his brother in the ribs with his elbow.) χώνω
    2. noun
    (a poke: a dig in the ribs; I knew that his remarks about women drivers were a dig at me (= a joke directed at me).) πείραγμα,σπόντα
    - dig out
    - dig up

    English-Greek dictionary > dig

  • 3 jab

    [‹æb] 1. past tense, past participle - jabbed; verb
    (to poke or prod: He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow; She jabbed the needle into her finger.) μπήγω
    2. noun
    (a sudden hard poke or prod: He gave me a jab with his finger; a jab of pain.) χτύπημα, τρύπημα

    English-Greek dictionary > jab

  • 4 prod

    [prod] 1. past tense, past participle - prodded; verb
    1) (to push with something pointed; to poke: He prodded her arm with his finger.) σπρώχνω, κεντρίζω, τσιγκλώ
    2) (to urge or encourage: He prodded her into action.) ωθώ,παροτρύνω
    2. noun
    (an act of prodding: She gave him a prod.) σπρωξιά, κέντρισμα

    English-Greek dictionary > prod

  • 5 root

    I 1. [ru:t] noun
    1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) ρίζα
    2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) ρίζα
    3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) ρίζα
    4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) καταγωγή, ρίζες
    2. verb
    (to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) ριζώνω/ φυτεύω
    - root crop
    - root out
    - take root     II [ru:t] verb
    1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) ψάχνω με το ρύγχος
    2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) ανασκαλεύω

    English-Greek dictionary > root

См. также в других словарях:

  • poke bonnet — noun a hat tied under the chin • Syn: ↑bonnet • Derivationally related forms: ↑bonnet (for: ↑bonnet) • Hypernyms: ↑hat, ↑chapeau, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke — ► VERB 1) jab or prod with a finger or a sharp object. 2) make (a hole) by jabbing or prodding. 3) (poke about/around) look or search around a place. 3) (often poke out) thrust out or protrude in a particular direction. ► NOUN ▪ …   English terms dictionary

  • poke check — noun knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick • Hypernyms: ↑check * * * noun Etymology: poke (III) : an act or instance of attempting to knock the puck away from an opponent in ice hockey by jabbing or thrusting at it with… …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke|ber|ry — «POHK BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. the deep purple berry of the pokeweed. 2. = pokeweed. (Cf. ↑pokeweed) ╂[American English < poke4, or poke (weed) + berry] …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke|weed — «POHK WEED», noun. any one of a group of tropical or subtropical plants, especially a tall, branching perennial herb of North America with greenish white flowers, juicy, purple berries, and poisonous roots, sometimes called the inkberry; poke.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke milkweed — noun milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed • Syn: ↑Asclepias exaltata • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed * * * noun Etymology: poke (IV) …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke box — noun Container usually found in the home, containing miscellaneous items, e.g. buttons, paper clips, safety pins, and in which one must poke around to find what one is looking for …   Wiktionary

  • poke-easy — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( es) Etymology: poke (II) Midland : one that moves about slowly and indolently and that is easy going or lazy …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke-in — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from poke in, v. : strander 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke pudding — noun Etymology: poke (I) : pock pudding …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke salad — noun Etymology: poke (IV) chiefly Midland : the cooked young shoots of pokeweed …   Useful english dictionary

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