proke

See also: pro ke

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊk

Verb

proke (third-person singular simple present prokes, present participle proking, simple past and past participle proked)

1. (obsolete) To poke or thrust.
   • 1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Roman Historie, […], London: […] Adam Jslip, →OCLC:

     The Queene ever at his elbow to pricke and proke

See also

• prog
• proag
• progue

References

• “proke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Koper, Perko, Repko, poker