poker
- Noun:
- A card game: "poker" refers to a family of gambling card games where players bet on the value of their hand, with the highest-ranking hand typically winning the pot.
- A metal rod: "poker" is a tool, a straight metal rod with a handle, used for prodding or stirring a fire.
Noun (Card Game): They play poker every Friday night. Texas Hold'em is a popular variant of poker.
Noun (Fire Tool): He used the poker to rearrange the logs in the fireplace. The iron poker was leaning against the hearth.
"To have a poker face": to have an expressionless face that does not reveal one's thoughts or feelings, especially in the card game poker to bluff opponents. She kept a perfect poker face, so no one knew if she had a good hand.
"As stiff/straight as a poker": (idiomatic) describing someone or something that is very rigid, formal, or upright in posture. The soldier stood as straight as a poker.
Poker-faced (adj): having an impassive expression that conceals one's feelings. He remained poker-faced throughout the interrogation.
Pokerwork (n): the art of burning designs into wood or leather with a heated tool; pyrography. (Note: This is a compound word where "poker" refers to the tool used).
- Card game: (for the game) stud, draw, hold'em (these are specific types of poker).
- Fire iron: (for the tool) stoker, fire iron.
"Poker night": a social event where people gather to play poker. Are you coming to the poker night at Tom's house?
"Poker hand": the set of cards held by a player in a game of poker. He was dealt a winning poker hand.
- "By the holy poker!": (archaic, exclamatory) an oath or exclamation for emphasis.
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any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
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fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
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