Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.
      [Colloq. U. S.]

   {To poke fun}, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.]

   {To poke fun at}, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]

Poking \Pok"ing\, a.
   Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]

         Bred to some poking profession.          --Gray.

Source : WordNet®

poking
     n : a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow); "he warned me with
         a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with
         his fist" [syn: {jab}, {jabbing}, {poke}, {thrust}, {thrusting}]