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pokerlike

adj

Etymology

From poker + -like.

  1. derived from *pukōn✻
  2. derived from poken
  3. derived from poken
  4. inherited from poken
  5. formed as poker — “poke + -er”
  6. suffixed as pokerlike — “poker + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a poker (metal rod).

    • An animal caught off balance at the onset may fall to the ground with limbs fixed pokerlike in extension...

  2. Resembling or characteristic of the card game of poker.

    • The original Battlestar Galactica featured triad, a basketball/football hybrid; pyramid, a pokerlike game; and pets […]

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