noun
poke
A person who moves or acts slowly.
He calls his slow-moving companion an old poke.
Etymology
Probably from poke along, moving slowly, rather than from a sack. The slow-person noun's earlier history is uncertain.
More examples
- The impatient child complained that her brother was a poke.
- She arrived last and joked that she was a slow poke.
- The story’s old poke delayed every journey.
Forms
poke · pokes
Similar words
- slowpoke
- The fuller usual American word.
- dawdler
- Someone who wastes time or moves slowly.