poker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊkɚ/
ipa: /ˈpəʊkə/
rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pokers
Etymology: American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
ref: 2014 September 11, Pam Grout, “Really? 10 unexpected cruise activities”, in CNN:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: 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.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: All the four cards of the same rank.
examples: text: Greaves hit three hat-tricks, two pokers and five goals against West Brom on his way to a record-setting 41 league goals.
ref: 2021 September 20, Ratul Ghosh, “THE BEST MOMENTS FROM JIMMY GREAVES' LEGENDARY FOOTBALLING CAREER”, in FootTheBall:
text: Poker Face: Taty Castellanos strikes FOUR times for NYCFC vs. RSL
ref: 2022 April 17, Dylan Butler, “Recap: NYCFC 6, Real Salt Lake 0”, in MLS:
text: Ibra has scored a "poker" on four separate occasions during his career: twice with Paris Saint-Germain and twice for Sweden. The most famed example must surely be his single-handed crushing of England in a friendly back in 2012, when the striker rounded off a 4-2 victory for the Swedes with a truly immense long-range overhead kick in the final minute.
ref: 2023 January 24, Chris Wright, “Mbappe scored career-high five goals in one game. What about Messi, Ronaldo and world's other top strikers?”, in ESPN:
text: The only player who scored a poker at Nou Camp is Milinko Pantić. Curiously, despite his 4 goals, his team (Atlético Madrid) lost the game.
ref: 2023 April 6, “THE 11TH HAT TRICK SCORER AT NOU CAMP”, in International Federation of Football History and Statistics:
text: Daka also became only the fifth player to score four or more in a Europa League match, and the second fastest after Willian José, whose 'poker' came in the space of 26 minutes for Real Sociedad at Vardar in 2017.
ref: 2023 April 30, “Europa League's fastest goals and quickest hat-tricks”, in UEFA:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
synonyms: haul
glosses: The scoring of four goals by a player in one match.
Synonyms: word: poker
Hypernyms: word: card game
word: game
Hyponyms: word: poker variant
Meronyms: word: playing card
word: poker hand
word: poker player
word: poker chip
word: button
word: bet (poker)
word: position (poker)
word: pre-flop
word: flop
word: turn
word: river
word: street
word: pot
word: main pot
word: side pot
Derived terms: auto poker
Cadillac of poker
Indian poker
liar's poker
nonpoker
planning poker
poker chip
pokerclack
Poker Dice
poker die
poker face
poker-faced
pokerholic
pokerlike
poker machine
poker run
poker up
scrum poker
strip poker
stud poker
Related terms: word: when the chips are down
word: three card brag
word: act (poker)