shovel, poker; tool used to arrange hot coals; type of card game
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Poker Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The poachard.
The poachard.
(n.)
That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
(n.)
One who pokes.
One who pokes.
(n.)
Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
(n.)
A poking-stick.
A poking-stick.
(n.)
A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
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.
4. (zo?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.
poker
\pok"er\, n. [of uncertain etymol.] a game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the southwestern united states. 's cyc.
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.]
poker
n
1. fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire [syn: stove poker, fire hook, salamander]
2. any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand [syn: poker game]
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red-hot poker
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Poker, (n.)
A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.
(usually used in the plural) 1. poker machine; 2. gambling slot machine; 3. fruit machine
Noun
1. fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
(synonym) stove poker, fire hook, salamander
(hypernym) fire iron
(derivation) poke
2. any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
(synonym) poker game
(hypernym) card game, cards
(hyponym) draw, draw poker
(class) raise
Poker Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of seeing a red hot poker, or fighting with one, signifies that you will meet trouble with combative energy.
To play at poker, warns you against evil company; and young women, especially, will lose their moral distinctiveness if they find themselves engaged in this game.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectTo play at poker, warns you against evil company; and young women, especially, will lose their moral distinctiveness if they find themselves engaged in this game.
Poker Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.) Any piercing weapon, especially as used by Rogues.
