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pok·er1 
[poh-ker] Pronunciation Key
[poh-ker] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person or thing that pokes. |
| 2. | a metal rod for poking or stirring a fire. |
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pok·er2
[poh-ker] Pronunciation Key
[poh-ker] Pronunciation Key –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. |
[Origin: 1825–35, Americanism; perh. orig. braggart, bluffer; cf. MLG poken to brag, play, MD poken to bluff, brag]
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| pok·er 1
(pō'kər) Pronunciation Key
n. One that pokes, especially a metal rod used to stir a fire. |
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| pok·er 2
(pō'kər) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of various card games played by two or more players who bet on the value of their hands. [Origin unknown.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
poker (1)
poker (1)
"metal rod," 1534, from poke (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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poker (2)
poker (2)
"card game," 1834, Amer.Eng., perhaps from the first element of Ger. Pochspiel, name of a card game similar to poker, from pochen "to brag as a bluff," lit. "to knock, rap" (see poke (v.)). Another version traces the word to Fr. poque, also said to have been a card game resembling poker. The earlier version of the game in Eng. was called brag. Slang poker face "deadpan" is from 1885.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| poker | |
noun | |
| 1. | fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire |
| 2. | any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
poker
In addition to the idiom beginning with poker, also see stiff as a board (poker).
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Poker
Pok"er\, n. [From Poke to push.]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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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Poker
Pok"er\, n. [Of uncertain etymol.] A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. --Johnson's Cyc.
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Poker
Pok"er\, n. [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.]
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