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A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
Meaning & usage
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
One who pokes.
A kind of duck, the pochard.
A knife.
A bedel (who carries a silver mace).
Where this word comes from
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.
To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
All the four cards of the same rank.
The scoring of four goals by a player in one match.
Where this word comes from
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.
To play poker.
Where this word comes from
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.
Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
Where this word comes from
Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck.
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