Definition of malaise. 1  1 : an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness An infected person will feel a general malaise. 2  2 : a vague sense of mental or moral ill-being a malaise of cynicism and despair â Malcolm Boyd.
poke through. poke something through someone or something. to jab or stab something through someone or something. The evil knight poked his weapon through Arthur and withdrew it again. Danny poked his finger through the plastic pool liner by mistake. See also: poke.
Published: April 11, 1996. WENDELL, Idaho, April 10â Larry LaPrise, a singer who wrote the novelty song-and-dance number The Hokey Pokey for the apres-ski crowd at an Idaho resort, unwittingly creating a classic for nursery schools and roller-skating rinks, died last Thursday at a Boise hospital.