[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

poke \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.
      1913 webster

            he poked john, and said "sleepest thou ?" --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to thrust with the horns; to gore.
      1913 webster

   3. from 5th poke, 3. to put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
      colloq. u. s.
      1913 webster

   to poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. colloq.

   to poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
poked poking poke to poke fun to poke fun at 

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