Meaning

3 senses
  1. Stiff, like a poker.

  2. (US, archaic, colloquial)Unsafe, dangerous

  3. (archaic, colloquial)Nervous, uneasy

Origin

From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).

From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).

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Forms

more pokerish, most pokerish
Comparativemore pokerish Lesson
Superlativemost pokerish Lesson

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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