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Webster 1913 Edition
Poker
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.
(Zool.)
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.
Pok′er
,Noun.
[Of uncertain etymol.]
A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
Johnson’s Cyc.
Pok′er
,Noun.
[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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Poker
PO'KER
,Noun.
PO'KER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Poker
poker
poker
English
Miniature tongs, shovel and poker
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.]
- One who pokes.
- A kind of duck, the pochard.
Synonyms
Translations
metal rod for poking
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one who pokes
Etymology 2
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque.
Noun
poker (plural pokers)
- 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. [from earlier 19th c.]
- (poker) All the four cards of the same rank.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
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Translations
card game
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External links
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Fireplace poker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 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.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: po‧ker
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
Verb
poker
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔkɛr/
Noun
poker m inan
- (card games) poker
- straight flush
- poker królewski – royal flush
Declension
declension of poker
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| nominative | poker |
| genitive | pokera |
| dative | pokerowi |
| accusative | pokera |
| instrumental | pokerem |
| locative | pokerze |
| vocative | pokerze |
Derived terms
- pokerowy
Portuguese
Noun
poker m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of pôquer
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pôquer.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǒker/
- Hyphenation: po‧ker
Noun
pòker m (Cyrillic spelling по̀кер)
- poker (card game)
Declension
Declension of poker
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| nominative | poker |
| genitive | pokera |
| dative | pokeru |
| accusative | poker |
| vocative | pokeru |
| locative | pokeru |
| instrumental | pokerom |
References
- “poker” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Noun
póker m inan (genitive pókra, nominative plural pókri)
- poker (card game)
- (poker) four of a kind
See also
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