poker

noun
🔊/ˈpəʊkə(r)/
🔊/ˈpəʊkər/
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  1. [uncountable] a card game for two or more people, in which the players bet on the values of the cards they hold扑克牌游戏Topics Games and toysc2
  2. [countable] a metal stick for moving or breaking up coal in a fire通条;拨火棍Topics Houses and homesc2
  3. Word Originsense 1 mid 19th cent.: of US origin; perhaps related to German pochen ‘to brag’, Pochspiel ‘bragging game’.