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Definition of 'poker'English
Etymology 1
(poke).
Noun
( en-noun)
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
One who pokes.
A kind of duck, the pochard.
Synonyms
* (fireplace utensil) firestick, stoker
Etymology 2
American English, perhaps from first element of (etyl) Pochspiel, from (etyl) pochen, perhaps from (etyl) poque
Noun
( en-noun)
Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing the cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game.
(poker) All the four cards of the same rank.
Derived terms
* poker chip
* poker face
* poker-faced
Related terms
* when the chips are down
See also
* three card brag
External links
* (projectlink)
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Etymology 3
Compare (etyl) , and English puck.
Noun
( en-noun)
(US|colloquial) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
( Webster 1913)
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