Meaning Of Poker

n.

One who pokes.

n.

That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.

n.

A poking-stick.

n.

The poachard.

n.

A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.

n.

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