poker
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fireA metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
» Tom doesn't like poker very much.
Tom spielt nicht allzu gerne Poker.
Том не дуже любить покер.
Meaning
10 sensesA metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
Schüreisen, Schürhaken
кочерга́kočergá
кочерга́kočerhá, коцюба́kocjubá
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
(historical)A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
One who pokes.
кочегарkočegar
A kind of duck, the pochard.
(Multicultural London English, slang)A knife.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game.
Poker
по́керpóker
по́керpóker
any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
(countable, uncountable)All the four cards of the same rank.
(countable, rare, uncountable)The scoring of four goals by a player in one match.
(US, colloquial)Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A bedel (who carries a silver mace).
Examples
230 sentencesTom doesn't like poker very much.
Том не дуже любить покер. — deniko
deTom spielt nicht allzu gerne Poker. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom doesn't like poker at all.
Тому взагалі не подобається покер. — deniko
ruТом совершенно не любит покер. — sharptoothed
deTom mag Poker überhaupt nicht. — Yorwba
Tom isn't a good poker player.
Том не дуже добре грає в покер. — deniko
ruТом не очень хорошо играет в покер. — odexed
I don't like poker very much.
Я не дуже люблю покер. — deniko
ruЯ не очень люблю покер. — marafon
dePoker mag ich nicht allzusehr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't like poker at all.
Покер мені взагалі не подобається. — deniko
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, peAmerican English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.
Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck.
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Forms
plural: pokersSynonyms
24 synonymsWord family
28 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- play poker
- to play poker
- play poker with
- playing poker
- good poker player
- poker player
- is playing poker
- poker with his
- playing poker with
- good at poker
- never played poker
- very good poker