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Word: poke (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Common name for an ice cream cone in Northern Ireland and Scotland
  • dated The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
  • now|_|regional A sack or bag. from early 13th c.
  • dialectal Pokeweed.

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Verb:

  • from early 19th c.
  • To poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
  • To prod or jab with a pointed object such as a finger or a stick. from later 14th c.
  • computing To modify the value stored in (a memory address).

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