stoke
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Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: stōk, IPA(key): /stəʊk/
- Rhymes: -əʊk
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: stōk, IPA(key): /stoʊk/
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English stoken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.
Verb
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- (transitive) To poke, pierce, thrust.
- (1387 – 1400) Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, Part IV.
- Ne short swerd, for to stoke with poynt bitynge, / No man ne drawe, ne bere it by his syde.
- (1387 – 1400) Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, Part IV.
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Etymology 2
From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch stoker, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch stoken (“to kindle a fire, incite, instigate”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from stock (“stick, stock”), see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.
Verb
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- (transitive) To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
- (transitive, by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion.
- 2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 120:
- To stoke motivation and ambition, focus instead on the road ahead.
- (intransitive) To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
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Etymology 3
Noun
stoke (plural stokes)
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stoke
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