Synonyms: pick, stab, sting, pierce, prick, puncture, pique, stick, jab, goad, prickle
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /pəʊ̯k/ |
| Hyphenation | poke |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑐𐑴𐑒 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) poke | (I) poked |
| (thou) pokest | (thou) pokedst |
| (he) pokes, poketh | (he) poked |
| (we) poke | (we) poked |
| (you) poke | (you) poked |
| (they) poke | (they) poked |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) poke | (I) poked |
| (thou) poke | (thou) poked |
| (he) poke | (he) poked |
| (we) poke | (we) poked |
| (you) poke | (you) poked |
| (they) poke | (they) poked |
| Imperative mood | |
| poke | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| poking | poked |
| Afrikaans | steek |
|---|---|
| Albanian | thumboj |
| Catalan | picar; punxar |
| Danish | stikke |
| Dutch | steken; porren |
| Esperanto | piki |
| Faeroese | prika |
| Finnish | pistää |
| French | piquer |
| German | stechen |
| Italian | pungere |
| Latin | pungere |
| Luxemburgish | stiechen |
| Malay | tikam; tusuk; menusuk |
| Norwegian | stikke |
| Portuguese | aferroar; picar |
| Russian | кольнуть |
| Saterland Frisian | stöäkelje; steete; prikje; stikje; stichelje |
| Spanish | picar; pinchar; punzar |
| Sranan | dyuku |
| Swedish | sticka |
| West Frisian | stekke |
| Yiddish | שטעכן |