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1. (n.) poker
a person or thing that pokes.
2. poker
a metal rod for poking or stirring a fire.
3. (n.) poker
a card game played by two or more persons, in which the players bet on the value of their hands, the winner taking the pool.
Etymology: (1825–35, Amer.; perh. orig. braggart, bluffer; cf. MLG poken to brag, play, MD poken to bluff, brag)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) poker, stove poker, fire hook, salamander
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
2. (noun) poker, poker game
any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) poker
one who pokes
2. (noun) poker
that which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals
3. (noun) poker
a poking-stick
4. (noun) poker
the poachard
5. (noun) poker
a game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States
6. (noun) poker
any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear
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Sense: a (usually metal) rod for stirring up a fire.
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 Afrikaans: poker |
 Arabic: مِحْراك النّار |
 Bulgarian: ръжен |
 Brazilian: atiçador |
 Czech: pohrabáč |
 German: der Feuerhaken |
 Danish: ildrager |
 Greek: σκαλιστήρι φωτιάς |
 Spanish: atizador |
 Estonian: (ahju)roop |
 Farsi: میله |
 Finnish: hiilihanko |
 French: tisonnier |
 Hebrew: מַחתָה |
 Hindi: कुरेदनी |
 Croatian: žarač |
 Hungarian: piszkavas |
 Indonesian: pengorek api |
 Icelandic: skörungur |
 Italian: attizzatoio |
 Japanese: 火かき |
 Korean: 부지깽이, 불쑤시게 |
 Lithuanian: žarsteklis |
 Latvian: (krāsns) kruķis |
 Malay: penggodek api |
 Dutch: kachelpook |
 Norwegian: ildrake |
 Polish: pogrzebacz |
 Persian: راد، میله |
 Pashto: ميله، راد |
 Portuguese: atiçador |
 Romanian: vătrai |
 Russian: кочерга |
 Slovak: kutáč |
 Slovenian: grebljica |
 Serbian: žarač |
 Swedish: eldgaffel |
 Thai: แท่งโลหะสำหรับเขี่ย |
 Turkish: ocak sürgüsü |
 Taiwanese: 火鉗 |
 Ukrainian: коцюба |
 Urdu: کرچھا، آگ کريدني |
 Vietnamese: que cời lửa |
 Chinese: 拨火棍 |
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