POKE, POKING
NOUNS
► COB a sharp poke or ‘goose’ in the anus → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► CORNHOLE a sharp poke or ‘goose’ in the anus → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DUNCH a sharp push or shove; a nudge or poke with the elbow → 1770 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DUNT a blow esp. a heavy or forceful one; later, also a sharp push or shove, esp. a nudge or poke with the elbow → a1522 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► JAB a poke, prod, or stab → c1820 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► NEVEL a groping, prodding, or poking with the fingers, in an indecent sense → 1964 Sc.
► PROGUE a poke, a thrust → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PURR a thrust, a poke; a stab. a prick; a kick → 1609 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
VERBS
► BACKHAND DRIVE to poke someone between the buttocks → 1940s US homosexual sl.
► COB to give someone a sharp poke in the anus → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► CORNHOLE to poke someone in the anus → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DABACH to poke, to thrust, to prod → 1939 Sc.
► DAKE to prick with anything sharp; to poke with the finger → 1885 Eng. dial.
► DUNCH to deliver a short, sharp blow to someone or something; to strike, to thump, to push; to knock against, to bump into; to give a person a nudge or poke with the elbow → a1250 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GILL POKE ► JILL POKE to run into an obstruction; to puncture, poke, or known down → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GLOM to jab, to poke → 1941 Amer. dial.
► GOOCH to poke or tickle → 1929 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE to poke or tickle someone suddenly, esp. in the buttocks, or to threaten to do so; to startle → 1906 Amer. dial.
► GOUGE to jab, to poke → 1834 Amer. dial.
► JAB to poke, prod, stab → c1830 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► JAP to poke with something sharp → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JOB to strike, poke, or thrust sharply → 1773 Amer. dial.
► JOOG to poke, to jab; to shake, to wiggle something → 1884 Amer. dial.
► JOOGLE to poke something repeatedly; to shake something → 1908 Amer. dial.
► NODGE to push, to press; to strike with the knuckles or elbow, to poke → 1853 Sc.
► PAKE to poke about; to potter about; to peep at → 1893 Eng. dial.
► PAUT ► PAWT to poke or push with the hand or a stick; to stir up; to paw, handle, or finger things → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► POGGLE to poke; to grope → 1909 Amer. dial.
► PROGUE to poke, to stab → 1938 Amer. dial.
► PUG to poke; to punch; to strike → E19 Eng. dial.
► PUGGLE to poke; to grope → 1909 Amer. dial.
► PURR to thrust, to prod, or to poke with a stick or poker → 1450 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PUT to push, to poke, to knock, or to strike; to deliver a thrust or blow → a1000