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Definition of Poker
1. Noun. Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire.
2. Noun. Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand.
Generic synonyms: Card Game, Cards
Specialized synonyms: Draw, Draw Poker, High-low, Penny Ante, Penny Ante Poker, Straight Poker, Strip Poker, Stud, Stud Poker
Examples of category: Raise, Poker Face, Jackpot, Kitty, Pot, Ante
Definition of Poker
1. n. One who pokes.
2. n. A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
3. n. Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
Definition of Poker
1. Noun. A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. (defdate from earlier 16th c.) ¹
2. Noun. One who pokes. ¹
3. Noun. 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. (defdate from earlier 19th c.) ¹
4. Noun. (poker) All the four cards of the same rank. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poker
1. one that pokes [n -S] - See also: pokes
Medical Definition of Poker
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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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Poker
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