| 1. | an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face. |
| 2. | a person who has or deliberately assumes a poker face: It is impossible to tell what that poker face is really thinking. |
| poker face n. A face lacking any interpretable expression, as that of an expert poker player. pok'er·faced' (pō'kər-fāst') adj. |
poker face
A visage lacking any expression that can be interpreted, as in Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face. This term alludes to the facial expression of a poker player who is expert at concealing his feelings about his hand. [c. 1880]