poker

[pokĀ·er]

Poker is a card game that involves betting with chips and keeping a straight face. You can also play poker online and make any kind of face you want. Additionally, a poker is a tool you keep by a fireplace.

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One who pokes.

Noun
any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

Noun
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire


n.
One who pokes.

n.
That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.

n.
A poking-stick.

n.
The poachard.

n.
A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.

n.
Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.


Poker

Pok"er , n. [From Poke to push.] 1. One who pokes. 2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals. 3. A poking-stick. Decker. 4. (Zo'94l.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.] Poker picture, a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron. Fairholt.

Poker

Pok"er, n. [Of uncertain etymol.] A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. Johnson's Cyc.

Poker

Pok"er, n. [Cf. Dan. pokker the deuce, devil, also W. pwci, a hobgoblin, bugbear, and E. puck.] Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. [Colloq. U. S.]

One who pokes.

A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.

Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

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Usage Examples

My favorite hobby is being alone. I like to be alone. I also like dancing, fishing, playing poker sometimes and vegetable gardening - corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, I have a big garden every year.

I started playing poker in 2003 during my pregnancy, to distract myself from my awful morning sickness. For months all I did was cry and play Texas Hold'em.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I met my boyfriend, a pro poker player, at a tournament. He tried to dissuade me because it's a seedy gritty world. Listen, I've played till 4 in the morning. I've played with a half million dollars on the table.

I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments.

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