Search Details
Word: poke
(lookup usage)
(lookup stats)
Meaning:
Noun:
- Common name for an ice cream cone in Northern Ireland and Scotland
- dated The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program or to cheat at a video game.
- now|_|regional A sack or bag. from early 13th c.
- dialectal Pokeweed.
Source: Wiktionary
| Src Info »
Verb:
- from early 19th c.
- To poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
- To prod or jab with a pointed object such as a finger or a stick. from later 14th c.
- computing To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
Source: Wiktionary
| Src Info »