Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To poke; stir; goad; urge.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To poke; to thrust.

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  • verb obsolete To poke; to thrust.

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Examples

  • I vish to the Lord that that Langworthy had proke his neck in the Ural Mountains before he got up to any such games.

    The Firm of Girdlestone Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • But vait, und dake a glass of beer, as you seem exhausted, und proke up.

    How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 1878

  • "Dunderation!" he exclaimed; "wonder if dere ain't no blamed vines that I hef not fall over and proke mine nose."

    The Lost Trail Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

  • You must know, my lady, dis precious mixture was de great secret - de arcanum mirificabile - of dat wonderful Arabian physician Hamech, which Paracelsus went mad wid cudgelling his prains to find out; and Avicenna and Galen and Trismegistus and Moderatus Columella all proke down in deir search to discover de meaning of de learned worts in which Hamech wrote de signification.

    Rob of the bowl : a legend of St. Inigoe's, 1872

  • "Ta bag," he said confidentially, "she isn't a hundert years auld, but she's auld, and she was proke, and ta wint whustled when she plew, but she's chust mended, and to-morrow -- ah, to-morrow!"

    Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870

  • "Why, ye're tied up in a knot, laddie, and ye've proke ta pest rod; and pring it along, Scoody lad, and ton't get ta line roond ta stanes."

    Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870

  • No, you plockit, no; and I will write your mother word you have proke Priscian's head four times this tay, since her letter came.

    Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808

  • Jarrar told the House subcommittee a simple-majority approval of the pact could proke unrest and violence in Iraq.

    Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude 2008

  • Jarrar told the House subcommittee a simple-majority approval of the pact could proke unrest and violence in Iraq.

    Mikey Likes It! 2008

  • Give eferypody a chance, and -- mine gootness, I mighty near proke my pack dot time, "for he had come down with a tremendous thump, when his feet slipped out from under him.

    Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps Archibald Lee Fletcher

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