poke – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of poke

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to poke at sth
Participle: poked at sth
Gerund: poking at sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of poke

Indicative

Present

Ipoke at sth
youpoke at sth
he;she;itpokes at sth
wepoke at sth
youpoke at sth
theypoke at sth

Perfect

Ihave poked at sth
youhave poked at sth
he;she;ithas poked at sth
wehave poked at sth
youhave poked at sth
theyhave poked at sth

Past

Ipoked at sth
youpoked at sth
he;she;itpoked at sth
wepoked at sth
youpoked at sth
theypoked at sth

Pluperfect

Ihad poked at sth
youhad poked at sth
he;she;ithad poked at sth
wehad poked at sth
youhad poked at sth
theyhad poked at sth

Future

Iwill poke at sth
youwill poke at sth
he;she;itwill poke at sth
wewill poke at sth
youwill poke at sth
theywill poke at sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have poked at sth
youwill have poked at sth
he;she;itwill have poked at sth
wewill have poked at sth
youwill have poked at sth
theywill have poked at sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ipoke at sth
youpoke at sth
he;she;itpoke at sth
wepoke at sth
youpoke at sth
theypoke at sth

Perfect

Ihave poked at sth
youhave poked at sth
he;she;ithave poked at sth
wehave poked at sth
youhave poked at sth
theyhave poked at sth

Imperfect

Ipoked at sth
youpoked at sth
he;she;itpoked at sth
wepoked at sth
youpoked at sth
theypoked at sth

Pluperfect

Ihad poked at sth
youhad poked at sth
he;she;ithad poked at sth
wehad poked at sth
youhad poked at sth
theyhad poked at sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould poke at sth
youwould poke at sth
he;she;itwould poke at sth
wewould poke at sth
youwould poke at sth
theywould poke at sth

Perfect

Iwould have poked at sth
youwould have poked at sth
he;she;itwould have poked at sth
wewould have poked at sth
youwould have poked at sth
theywould have poked at sth

Imperative

youpoke at sth
weLet's poke at sth
youpoke at sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam poking at sth
youare poking at sth
he;she;itis poking at sth
weare poking at sth
youare poking at sth
theyare poking at sth

Perfect

Ihave been poking at sth
youhave been poking at sth
he;she;ithas been poking at sth
wehave been poking at sth
youhave been poking at sth
theyhave been poking at sth

Past

Iwas poking at sth
youwere poking at sth
he;she;itwas poking at sth
wewere poking at sth
youwere poking at sth
theywere poking at sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been poking at sth
youhad been poking at sth
he;she;ithad been poking at sth
wehad been poking at sth
youhad been poking at sth
theyhad been poking at sth

Future

Iwill be poking at sth
youwill be poking at sth
he;she;itwill be poking at sth
wewill be poking at sth
youwill be poking at sth
theywill be poking at sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been poking at sth
youwill have been poking at sth
he;she;itwill have been poking at sth
wewill have been poking at sth
youwill have been poking at sth
theywill have been poking at sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be poking at sth
youwould be poking at sth
he;she;itwould be poking at sth
wewould be poking at sth
youwould be poking at sth
theywould be poking at sth

Perfect

Iwould have been poking at sth
youwould have been poking at sth
he;she;itwould have been poking at sth
wewould have been poking at sth
youwould have been poking at sth
theywould have been poking at sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'poke'

boke, coke, hoke, joke, pike, pole, pome, pope, pore, pose,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rummage
feel around
penetrate in sexual intercourse
copulate with
to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
jab
punch, push, butt, dig, nudge, thrust, stir, impel

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1380, perhaps from M.Du. poken "to poke," or M.L.G. poken "to stick with a knife," both from P.Gmc. base *puk-, perhaps imitative. To poke fun "tease" first attested 1840; to poke around "search" is from 1809. The noun meaning "an act of poking" is attested from 1796, originally pugilistic slang.
2. From Middle English poken, perhaps from Middle Dutch poken or Middle Low German poken, both from Proto-West Germanic *pukōn or similar, which is itself of uncertain origin, but may be from an imitative Proto-Germanic root *puk-. Doublet of poach.
3. Compare Nordic cognates Swedish påka (“to poke, muck with a stick”), påk (“club, limb; dagger”), pykel (“small poker”), dialectal Norwegian pauka (“to walk stomping, etc”), pauk (“weak, slow person”). Central European noun-cognates refer to “dagger, bad knife, poker (for a fireplace)”, with analog verbs. To a Proto-Germanic *pauk-, *puk-, meanig, “to stick, muck with a stick”. See: Middle English 'poken', Swedish 'påka'.

Verbs referencing "poke"

Old French pochier.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] to soothe startled horses, either by sawing at their bridles or flourishing truncheons in their eyes; and I am ready to make oath that no inoffensive persons were knocked violently on the head, or poked acutely in their backs or stomachs; or brought to a standstill by any such gentle means, and then taken into custody for not moving on. But there was no confusion or disorder. Our carriage reached [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] house is so full of these little plagues, now, that a body can't set down their foot without treading on ’ em. I get up in the morning, and find one asleep behind the door, and see one black head poking out from under the table, one lying on the door-mat,—and they are mopping and mowing and grinning between all the railings, and tumbling over the kitchen floor ! What on earth did you want to bring [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ What you doin here ? ” said Sambo, coming up to Tom, and poking him facetiously in the side. “ Meditatin ’, eh ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)