Definitions for: Poker

[n] any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
[n] fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

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.]

Synonyms: fire hook, poker game, salamander, stove poker

See Also: card game, cards, draw, draw poker, fire iron, high-low, penny ante, penny ante poker, straight poker, strip poker, stud, stud poker

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