stick-and-poke

adjective

Being or relating to a kind of tattoo made without a machine, by dipping a needle into ink and poking dots into the skin.

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Meanings

adjectivestick-and-poke (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBeing or relating to a kind of tattoo made without a machine, by dipping a needle into ink and poking dots into the skin.
nounstick-and-poke (plural stick-and-pokes)

plural stick-and-pokes

  1. Such a tattoo.

    Started hanging out at punk shows and you got it in your head To leave home on a freight train 'cause that's what the cool kids did Now you've got some shitty stick-and-pokes and hepatitis C

    2013, Days N' Daze, “Goodbye Lulu”, in Rogue Taxidermy
Cite this entry
APA

stick-and-poke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stick-and-poke

MLA

“stick-and-poke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stick-and-poke. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stick-and-poke,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stick-and-poke.

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