Poker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that pokes, especially a metal rod used to stir a fire.
  • n. Any of various card games played by two or more players who bet on the value of their hands.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who pokes.
  • n. All the four cards of the same rank.
  • n. Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who pokes.
  • n. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
  • n. A poking-stick.
  • n. The poachard.
  • n. A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
  • n. Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which pokes.
  • n. An iron or steel bar or rod used in poking or stirring a fire.
  • n. A small stick or iron used for setting the plaits of ruffs; a poking-stick.
  • n. An iron instrument used for driving hoops on masts. It has a flat foot at one end and a round knob at the other.
  • n. Any frightful object; a bugbear.
  • n. A game of cards played by two or more persons with a full pack of fifty-two cards, which rank as in whist.
  • n. One of various kinds of wild ducks, especially the pochard.
  • n. In cotton manufacturing, a vertical rod or rack which sustains and gives motion to the bobbin or ring-rail of a roving or ring-spinning machine; also, a rod with similar functions in other machines: sometimes called a lifting-poker.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fire iron   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    poking-stick    bugbear    firestick    stoker   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Stoker    Zocor    broker    coker    croaker    croker    folker    joker    mediocre    nonsmoker   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    casino    roulette    gamble    tournament    chess    bonus    football    video    gaming    online