poker
/ˈpoʊkɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
noun
A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
noun
One who pokes.
noun
Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing 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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The guy next to him poked him in the ribs and said, “Check out the bazongas on this one!” Lee pivoted toward the rib poker and found himself looking straight into the face of Romeo Bouchard."
- "Key sense with the super-soaker Longest poker, leave man stressed like yoga"
- "There is that guy that does with the pokings I step with my poker Play, cuz right, you might get folded"
- "On seats with velvet lined, / Sat Heads of Houses in a row, / And Deans and College Dons below, / With a Poker or two behind."
- "The King continued pokering the fire with his back to the door, and took no notice of Lord Chesterfield."
- "The lids have very pleasant designs pokered on with a hot needle."
Etymology
Etymology tree English poke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English poker From poke + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpoʊkɚ/
- British English: /ˈpəʊkə/
Usage
- Slang
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Colloquial