poker

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

poker [poker pokers] BrE [ˈpəʊkə(r)] NAmE [ˈpoʊkər] noun
1. uncountable a card game for two or more people, in which the players bet on the values of the cards they hold
2. countable a metal stick for moving or breaking up coal in a fire

Word Origin:
sense 1 mid 19th cent.: of US origin; perhaps related to German pochen ‘to brag’, Pochspiel ‘bragging game’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  poker game, stove poker, fire hook, salamander