poke – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of poke

Indicative

Present

I	poke fun at
you	poke fun at
he;she;it	pokes fun at
we	poke fun at
you	poke fun at
they	poke fun at

Perfect

I	have poked fun at
you	have poked fun at
he;she;it	has poked fun at
we	have poked fun at
you	have poked fun at
they	have poked fun at

Past

I	poked fun at
you	poked fun at
he;she;it	poked fun at
we	poked fun at
you	poked fun at
they	poked fun at

Pluperfect

I	had poked fun at
you	had poked fun at
he;she;it	had poked fun at
we	had poked fun at
you	had poked fun at
they	had poked fun at

Future

I	will poke fun at
you	will poke fun at
he;she;it	will poke fun at
we	will poke fun at
you	will poke fun at
they	will poke fun at

Future Perfect

I	will have poked fun at
you	will have poked fun at
he;she;it	will have poked fun at
we	will have poked fun at
you	will have poked fun at
they	will have poked fun at

Subjunctive

Present

I	poke fun at
you	poke fun at
he;she;it	poke fun at
we	poke fun at
you	poke fun at
they	poke fun at

Perfect

I	have poked fun at
you	have poked fun at
he;she;it	have poked fun at
we	have poked fun at
you	have poked fun at
they	have poked fun at

Imperfect

I	poked fun at
you	poked fun at
he;she;it	poked fun at
we	poked fun at
you	poked fun at
they	poked fun at

Pluperfect

I	had poked fun at
you	had poked fun at
he;she;it	had poked fun at
we	had poked fun at
you	had poked fun at
they	had poked fun at

Conditional

Present

I	would poke fun at
you	would poke fun at
he;she;it	would poke fun at
we	would poke fun at
you	would poke fun at
they	would poke fun at

Perfect

I	would have poked fun at
you	would have poked fun at
he;she;it	would have poked fun at
we	would have poked fun at
you	would have poked fun at
they	would have poked fun at

Imperative

you	poke fun at
we	Let's poke fun at
you	poke fun at

Indicative

Present

I	am poking fun at
you	are poking fun at
he;she;it	is poking fun at
we	are poking fun at
you	are poking fun at
they	are poking fun at

Perfect

I	have been poking fun at
you	have been poking fun at
he;she;it	has been poking fun at
we	have been poking fun at
you	have been poking fun at
they	have been poking fun at

Past

I	was poking fun at
you	were poking fun at
he;she;it	was poking fun at
we	were poking fun at
you	were poking fun at
they	were poking fun at

Pluperfect

I	had been poking fun at
you	had been poking fun at
he;she;it	had been poking fun at
we	had been poking fun at
you	had been poking fun at
they	had been poking fun at

Future

I	will be poking fun at
you	will be poking fun at
he;she;it	will be poking fun at
we	will be poking fun at
you	will be poking fun at
they	will be poking fun at

Future Perfect

I	will have been poking fun at
you	will have been poking fun at
he;she;it	will have been poking fun at
we	will have been poking fun at
you	will have been poking fun at
they	will have been poking fun at

Conditional

Present

I	would be poking fun at
you	would be poking fun at
he;she;it	would be poking fun at
we	would be poking fun at
you	would be poking fun at
they	would be poking fun at

Perfect

I	would have been poking fun at
you	would have been poking fun at
he;she;it	would have been poking fun at
we	would have been poking fun at
you	would have been poking fun at
they	would have been poking fun at

Verbs conjugated like 'poke'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

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

Phrasal Verbs

~ about, ~ around, ~ around (somewhere), ~ at something,

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)

poke – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of poke

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'poke'

Verbs similar to 'poke'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "poke"

Sample Sentences