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jeer (at), chaff, taunt, twit, make sport of, needle, Colloq
kid, rib, Brit send up, take the mickey out of: People who
don't understand something often poke fun at it. Stop poking fun
at my hat.
--n. 5 jab, prod, dig, stab, thrust, push, elbow, finger,
nudge, jog, jostle, butt, shove: Every time Rodney wants to
emphasize a point, he gives you a poke. 6 punch, hit, box, jab,
cuff, smack, blow: If anyone says anything bad about you, I'll
give him a poke in the nose.
polar adj. 1 Arctic, Antarctic, frigid, icy, glacial, freezing,
frozen, numbing, Siberian, hibernal, hyperborean, brumal,
wintry: It is positively polar in the house without the heat
turned on. 2 opposite, opposed, antithetical, contrary,
contradictory, diametric, antipodal, antagonistic, hostile:
Dante felt Good and Evil to be the two polar elements of the
Creation, on which it all turns.
pole° n. rod, stick, staff, spar, shaft, mast, standard, upright;
flag-pole, flagstaff, jackstaff; beanpole, hop-pole: We had to
use a long pole to get the kite down from the tree.
poleý n. 1 extremity, end, limit, extreme: Their views are at
opposite poles and they cannot agree. 2 from pole to pole.
everywhere, all over, far and wide, high and low, leaving no
stone unturned, throughout the world or the length and breadth
of the land, Colloq US everyplace: He searched for her from
pole to pole. 3 poles apart. (very or completely) different,
worlds apart, at opposite extremes, at opposite ends of the
earth, at odds, irreconcilable: I'm afraid that the union and
management remain poles apart on the issue of working hours.
police n. 1 constabulary, policemen, policewomen, police officers,
Colloq boys in blue, the (long arm of the) law, the cops, the
gendarmes, Slang the coppers, the fuzz, Brit the (Old) Bill, US
the heat: There was a bit of an argument, so we called the
police.
--v. 2 patrol, guard, watch, protect: Additional officers were
assigned to police the neighbourhood. 3 enforce, regulate,
administer, oversee, control, observe, supervise, monitor: A
unit was established to police the terms of the agreement.