poker

IPA: pˈoʊkɝ

A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
(historical) A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
One who pokes.
A kind of duck, the pochard.
(MLE, slang) A knife.
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) All the four cards of the same rank.
(soccer, rare) [a player's] scoring four goals in one match
(US, colloquial) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

Examples of "poker" in Sentences

Watching poker is shorthand for irresponsible and broke.
Omaha poker is very much similar to another type of poker, the Texas Holdem.
Unlike checkers, the key to poker is to predict whether other players are bluffing.
Online poker is usually a more difficult game to beat than playing in a card room or poker room.
One variation of the Omaha poker is the Omaha Hi/Lo, which is quite the rage in the United States.
The tremendous growth in poker has been due rank amateur players winning the most prestigious tournaments in the world.
The term poker comes to us from the German pochen, "to brag" or "to knock," or from a similar German game called pochspiel.
Playing hands from early position in poker is a good way to mix up your play, and that in turn helps construct an volatile image for yourself.