poker English

Meaning poker meaning

What does poker mean?

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poker Noun

— Poker is a group of card games that involve trying to get a good hand of cards. Usually there is some betting, and people give or take cards to try to build a better hand. The three of us play poker every Friday night, and the loser buys drinks.

— A poker, which people also call a fire poker or fire iron, is something people use in a fire. They use it to move around the ashes so that the fire keeps burning well, and they use it to move coals back to the middle of the fire.

poker

— noun any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

— noun fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

Synonyms poker synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as poker?

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stove poker

salamander

poker game

fire hook

pick

tongs

spit

slice bar

skewer

shovel

ramrod

rabble

pyrographer

pliers

pincers

pin

open

nippers

nipper

juniper

go through

forceps

firestick

fire tongs

fire poker

fire iron

fattened pig

communicate

coal tongs

clear

cleaning rod

card game

Topics poker topics

What do people use poker to talk about?

Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Game

• What are the names of specific board games?
  bingo blackjack bridge cards checkers chess charades craps dice dominoes gin hearts jacks lotto mahjongg marbles Monopoly Parcheesi poker roulette solitaire

Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Game

Card game

• What is the game called?
  card game poker

Daily life Fire

Tend a fire

• What tools are used to tend a fire?
  poker tongs wick trimmer snuffer

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Facial expression

• What words describe a face that shows no feeling?
  expressionless impassive blank deadpan inscrutable poker-faced

Examples poker examples

How do I use poker in a sentence?

Simple sentences

She plays poker with them.

In poker, three of a kind beats two pairs.

A good poker player can tell when someone's bluffing.

Will you come to our usual game of poker next Friday?

She didn't want him to play poker.

One thing you should know about me is that I play poker every Friday night.

Tom doesn't like poker very much.

Tom doesn't like poker at all.

Tom doesn't know how to play poker.

Tom told the men sitting around the table that he'd never played poker before.

In poker, what's a full house?

Tom and Mary are playing poker.

They played strip poker.

He knows how to play poker.

I can't read her poker face.

He is very good at poker.

Tom asked Mary and her friends if they wanted to play strip poker, but they refused.

Mary was killed with a fireplace poker.

You can't sit here if you're not going to play poker with us.

Let's play poker.

Tom and his friends play poker almost every Friday night.

I enjoy poker.

Movie subtitles

Uh, these are just some guys I put together for a poker game.

You still play poker?

It's been reported to me there's a poker game going on in room 420.

I used to play a very good hand of poker.

You've got a great poker face, Rocky.

Let's play poker.

Yes, I aim to find out from Kent. why he's turnin' that poker game into a land-grab business.

It's poker and coffee. that's preyin' on my mind right now.

It's a pity the war wasn't a poker game.

I played poker with Yankees.

He picked up a poker and hit Red over the head.

Then I heard Pard barking, and Babe threw a poker at him.

Play a little poker with the boys.

The only luck in poker is the draw.

Poker, pinochle.

Not exactly what I'd call a poker face.

Why don't you invite the Murphys? We'll play a little poker.

Got any poker players in the mob?

Forget it. Forget it. Let's play poker.

Yes, I aim to find out from Kent. why he's turnin' that poker game into a land-grab business. Oh.

What are they doing? Playing poker?

Say, you don't happen to know in which room the big roving poker game is going on tonight, do you?

Poker dice.

Poker dice, one flop.

I'll play you poker, stud or draw, Clobyosh, rummy, high or low pinochle, I'll even cut your high cards.

Once I felt I was ready, I began with poker.

Well, I got up and I walked right into Poker Face's office before I had time to think.

Old Poker Face.

Sat in a poker game.

News and current affairs

The upshot is that Greece is back where it started in the poker contest with Germany and Europe.

But let's stop pretending that this is a poker game, rather than a scientific and technological puzzle of the highest order.

A related argument is that domestic political processes can hamstring a government in the great game of poker or chess that international politics is supposed to be.

Perhaps it takes an ex-KGB spy for a Kremlin ruler to play diplomatic poker with skill.

The stakes in this round of humanity's poker game are huge.

Although much of the G-20 debate has concerned issues such as global fiscal stimulus, the real high-stakes poker involves choosing a new philosophy for the international financial system and its regulation.

Like boxing and poker, it is a soft, restrained, private form of warfare.