• tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
• a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
• (boxing) a blow with the fist
verb
• poke or thrust abruptly
• search or inquire in a meddlesome way
• stir by poking
• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
• A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
• The wood of the oak.
• A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
• Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
• Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
• The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase "to sport one's oak").
• The flavor of oak.
• A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
• A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
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