poker

Other forms of poker

plural

pokers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about poker

What does poker mean?

poker means "fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in poker?

poker has 2 syllables: po-ker. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpoʊkɚ/.

What is another word for poker?

Close synonyms include stove poker, fire hook, salamander, poker game. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poker a common word?

poker is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.