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poker
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?po?k?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??k?/
- Rhymes: -??k?(?)
Etymology 1
poke +? -er
Noun
poker (plural pokers)
- A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. [from earlier 16th c.]
- (historical) A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
- One who pokes.
- A kind of duck, the pochard.
Synonyms
- (fireplace utensil): firestick, stoker
Translations
Verb
poker (third-person singular simple present pokers, present participle pokering, simple past and past participle pokered)
- To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle.
Further reading
- Fireplace poker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.
Noun
poker
- Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing 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. [from earlier 19th c.]
- (poker) All the four cards of the same rank.
Derived terms
- poker chip
- poker face
- poker-faced
- poker up
- strip poker
Related terms
- when the chips are down
See also
- three card brag
Translations
Verb
poker (third-person singular simple present pokers, present participle pokering, simple past and past participle pokered)
- To play poker.
Further reading
- Poker (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck.
Noun
poker (plural pokers)
- (US, colloquial) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
Anagrams
- Koper, Perko, Repko, proke
Basque
Noun
poker
- belch
Czech
Etymology
From English poker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pokr?]
- Hyphenation: po?ker
Noun
poker m inan
- poker
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: po?ker
- Rhymes: -o?k?r
Etymology 1
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque
Noun
poker n (uncountable)
- poker (card game)
Etymology 2
From poken +? -er.
Noun
poker m (plural pokers, diminutive pokertje n)
- somebody who pokes a fire
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
poker
- first-person singular present indicative of pokeren
- imperative of pokeren
Anagrams
- koper, krope
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English poker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?.k??/
Noun
poker m (plural pokers)
- (card games) poker
Further reading
- “poker” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English poker.
Noun
poker m (invariable)
- (card games, poker) poker
- (card games, poker) four of a kind
Derived terms
- pokerino
- pokerista
Polish
Etymology
From English poker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.k?r/
Noun
poker m inan
- poker
- straight flush
- poker królewski – royal flush
Declension
Derived terms
- pokerowy
Portuguese
Noun
poker m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of pôquer
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pôquer.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English poker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?ker/
- Hyphenation: po?ker
Noun
pòker m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- poker (card game)
Declension
References
- “poker” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pò?k?r/
Noun
p??k?r m inan
- poker (card game)
- (poker) four of a kind
See also
poker From the web:
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- what poker hands beat what
- what poker hands to play
- what poker chips are worth
- what poker rooms are open in atlantic city
- what poker hand wins
- what poker face means
pocker
English
Noun
pocker
- Misspelling of poker.
pocker From the web:
- poker means
- poker face
- what does poker face mean
- what does pocket mean
- poker game
- poker face means
- planning poker
- poker run
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