(intr) to meddle or intrude. (intr; often foll by about or around) to search or pry. (intr often foll by along) to loiter, potter, dawdle, etc. (tr) slang (of a man) to have sexual intercourse with. poke fun at to mock or ridicule.

noun,plural pokeys. Slang. Usually the pokey . a jail: They put him in the pokey for carrying a concealed weapon.