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poker
1[ poh-ker ]
poker
2[ poh-ker ]
noun
- a card game played by two or more persons, in which the players bet on the value of their hands, the winner taking the pool.
poker
1/ ˈəʊə /
noun
- a metal rod, usually with a handle, for stirring a fire
- a person or thing that pokes
poker
2/ ˈəʊə /
noun
- a card game of bluff and skill in which bets are made on the hands dealt, the highest-ranking hand (containing the most valuable combinations of sequences and sets of cards) winning the pool
Word History and Origins
Origin of poker2
Word History and Origins
Origin of poker1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with poker , also see stiff as a board (poker) .Example Sentences
But when you pull out the petals, they transform into individual mini ashtrays, and the stamens become pokers or packers.
The sophistication is there in its style and confidence, in how it lays out this story with the clean, cruel menace of a poker dealer who has planned out exactly how the house will win.
Poker girls are officially described as waitresses, and are hired along with other staff like bartenders, chefs and parking valets to work at poker parties in private homes.
The factory plant, the bowling alley and poker night are, along with the bedroom, the main points of his existence.
Early on in the night, host Conan O'Brien called him out, saying he was "dressed like a guy playing video poker at 2am".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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