Poker Definition

pōkər

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.

Webster's New World

A rod, usually of iron, for stirring a fire.

Webster's New World

A person or thing that pokes.

Webster's New World

A kind of duck, the pochard.

Wiktionary

(US, colloquial) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
poker game
salamander
fire-hook
stove poker
rod
game
gamble
bar
iron
iron rod
metal bar
fire-stirrer
fireplace implement

Other Word Forms of Poker

Noun

Singular:

poker

Plural:

pokers

Origin of Poker

Probably from French poque a card game similar to poker popular in the 18th century probably from German pochen to knock, pound, boast, brag (as in (ich) poche (I) knock, bet (said while rapping the table when opening in the German card game Pochspiel)) akin to German poch interjection imitative of a knock

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque

From Wiktionary
Compare Danish pokker (“the deuce, devil”), and English puck.

From Wiktionary
poke + -er.

From Wiktionary