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

To play poker.

A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. / (historical) A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings. / One who pokes.

To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle.

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.

present participle of poker

simple past tense and past participle of poker

plural of poker

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poker

plural of poker run