Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1. 
 enter briefly; 
- Example: "We poked into the bar"2. 
 examine physically with or as if with a probe; 
- Example: "probe an anthill"[syn: probe, dig into, poke into]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
poke into
    v 1: enter briefly; "We poked into the bar"
    2: examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an
       anthill" [syn: probe, dig into, poke into]