Poke, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Poked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Poking.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.] 1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
He poked John, and said “Sleepest thou?” Chaucer.
2. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. — To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule.