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Arts, entertainment, and media

* Poke (''Ender's Game''), a fictional character *
Poke (game) Poke may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Poke (''Ender's Game''), a fictional character * Poke (game), a two-player card game * Poke, a fictional bar owner in the television series '' Treme'' * The Poke, a British satirical website * ...
, a two-player card game * Poke, a fictional bar owner in the television series '' Treme'' *
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 shops. The website has produced viral videos, which are often Auto-Tune edits of British current affairs. ...
, a British satirical website * Poké-,
prefix A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the word to which it is affixed. Prefixes, like other affixes, can b ...
in the
Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise consisting of List of Pokémon video games, video games, Pokémon (TV series), animated series and List of Pokémon films, films, Pokémon Trading Card Game, a trading card game, and other related media. The fran ...
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universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents. It comprises all of existence, any fundamental interaction, physical process and physical constant, and therefore all forms of matter and energy, and the structures they form, from s ...


Food

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Poke (confectionery) An ice cream cone (England) or poke (Ireland) 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. Many styles of cones are made, inclu ...
, a dry, cone-shaped pastry *
Poke (Hawaiian dish) Poke ( ; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian for 'to slice' or 'cut crosswise into pieces'; sometimes written as ''poké'' to aid pronunciation as two syllables) is a dish of diced raw fish tossed in sauce and served either as an hors d'œuvre, appetizer ...
, a dish of raw fish *
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 In computing, PEEK and POKE are commands used in some high-level programming languages for accessing the contents of a specific Memory cell (computing), memory cell referenced by its memory address. PEEK gets the byte located at the specified m ...
, BASIC commands *
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 *
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 ...
, a Facebook feature *
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 ...
, a nickname for an Oklahoma State Cowboys athlete *
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 (born 1985), English ...
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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 Repub ...
, a Soko–Kele language spoken by the Topoke people *
Virginia poke ''Phytolacca americana'', also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows . I ...
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: A "poke" is a sack, so the image is of a concealed item being sold. Starting in the 19th ce ...
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Poke salad (disambiguation) Poke, Poke salad, poke salat, or poke sallet may refer to: * Poke (Hawaiian dish) Poke ( ; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian for 'to slice' or 'cut crosswise into pieces'; sometimes written as ''poké'' to aid pronunciation as two syllables) is a dish ...
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