Definition of Proke

1. v. i. To poke; to thrust.

Definition of Proke

1. Verb. (obsolete) To poke; to thrust. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proke

1. to poke [v PROKED, PROKING, PROKES] - See also: poke

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proke

projectment
projectments
projector
projectors
projectour
projects
projecture
projectures
projet
projets
projicient
projicients
prokaryote
prokaryotes
prokaryotic
proke (current term)
proked
proker
prokers
prokes
prokinetic
prokinetics
proking
prolabor
prolactin
prolactinoma
prolactinomas
prolactinomata
prolactins
prolamin

Literary usage of Proke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"proke, he thinks, is to stir, to poke; and prod, according to nearly all the ... The Queen was ever at his elbow to pricke and proke him forward. ..."

2. D. Dinkelspiel: His Gonversationings by George Vere Hobart (1900)
"... round Shirkey proke your civil-service vertebrae und you proke ... und den Shirkey proke your telephone connection und you gafe him a left hook on der ..."

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