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poker1 definition

☆ poker (pō′kər)

noun

a card game in which the players bet on the value of their hands (of five cards), the bets forming a pool to be taken by the player who remains after all others have dropped out of the betting or who holds the highest hand: there are several varieties

Etymology: < ? Ger pochspiel, lit., game of defiance < pochen, to defy, orig., to push (< MHG bochen, puchen, akin to LowG poken, poke) + spiel, game

poker2 definition

poker (pō′kər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that pokes
  2. a rod, usually of iron, for stirring a fire

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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