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poke it with a stick

"Poke it with a stick" is an idiom and originates in one's coming across a motionless thing, possibly some sort of creature. One typically responds by poking it with a stick or any longish handy object one wouldn't mind possibly getting gooey when visual inspection alone fails to identify the thing. Verbal speculation with others is exhausted and one is urged to "poke it with a stick." By poking with a stick, one hopes to find if the thing will move (in which case, all run away), or to find if it seems soft or rigid or recently soft and now rigid, or if the entire thing or only a portion of it is present plus any other information poking a thing with a stick may yield. The stick allows one to investigate in the moment of discovery in situ, when it is unwise or disgusting to use a finger or toe. As an idiom, "poke it with a stick" means that a thing or situation is suspect and elicits morbid curiosity.
"Is that a snake?" "I don't know. Has it moved?" "I don't think so." "Let's poke it with a stick."
If you poke a guru with a stick, will you find the skin thick, or thin and already full of holes?
by TheOneTrueJune December 10, 2013
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2 stroke poke

The act of engaging in sex that is so intense you can't tell if your partner is having an orgasm or a stroke.
So after the lunch date we took the afternoon off and went back to her place for the old 2 stroke poke.
by Ranchgirls December 4, 2020
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Poke around the pipe

When toilet paper has little effect on wiping clean and you are then forced to jump in the shower and then with a soaped up finger, poke around the poo shoot to remove all traces of faeces
'That curry went through me and my shit has spread everywhere, I'm going to need to poke around the pipe to clean it all up.'
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Wow! Did you see Amy Poehler on the Jersey Floor the other day? She sure does have Poehlcat Swag!
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Stick n poke

A homemade tattoo for when you're under 18 and can't find someone to illegally tatt you. It's basically just repeatedly stabbing yourself with a needle and ink. It eventually fades away. Somewhat popular among gen Z.
Dude I can't let my mom see my stick n poke on my ankle!
by Fuckmikepence May 5, 2019
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