Translations in context of 'poker face' in English-Italian from Reverso Context: His poker face is terrible, Lazarus. ‘Students usually keep a poker face because they don't want to be called on.’ ‘It's a poker face that's required in this game, and I've never been much good at cards.’ ‘The joy of it is in the sweat and butterflies, the clamped lips and steely eyes of the poker face.’.

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noun

an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
a person who has or deliberately assumes a poker face: It is impossible to tell what that poker face is really thinking.

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Origin ofpoker face

OTHER WORDS FROM poker face

poker-faced,adjective

Words nearby poker face

Words Made From Poker

pokelogan, Pokémon, poke one's nose into, poker, poker dice, poker face, poker-faced, poker machine, poker spine, pokerwork, pokeweed
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Words related to poker face

deadpan, mask, seriousness, straight face, impassivity, inscrutability

British Dictionary definitions forpoker face

noun

informala face without expression, as that of a poker player attempting to conceal the value of his cards
Another Word For Poker Face
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases withpoker face

A visage lacking any expression that can be interpreted, as in Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face. This term alludes to the facial expression of a poker player who is expert at concealing his feelings about his hand. [c. 1880]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

English[edit]

A woman with a neutral expression

Noun[edit]

(pluralpoker faces)

  1. (poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.
    Though he thought he had a perfect poker face, he had a number of tells his opponents soon learned.
  2. Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation.
  3. A person who has a poker face

Synonyms[edit]

Another Word For Poker Faces

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Translations[edit]

Another Word For Poker Face
impassive facial expression preventing determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand or of bluffing
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 一本正經(zh), 一本正经(zh)(yīběnzhèngjīng), 面無表情, 面无表情(miànwúbiǎoqíng)
  • Danish: pokeransigtn, pokerfjæsn
  • Dutch: pokerface(nl)
  • Finnish: pokerinaama(fi), pokka(fi)
  • French: l'air de rien(fr)
  • Greek: ανέκφραστος(el)m(anékfrastos)
  • Hungarian: pókerarc
  • Portuguese: cara de pau(pt)c
  • Russian: мо́рда кирпичо́мf(mórda kirpičóm), по́кер-фе́йс(ru)m(póker-fɛ́js)
  • Spanish: doble caraf, cara de póquerf
  • Swedish: pokeransikte(sv)n, pokerface(sv), pokerfejs(sv)
any similar expression preventing giving away one's motives etc.

Another Word For Poker Face

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 不動聲色(zh), 不动声色(zh)(bùdòng shēngsè)
  • Danish: pokeransigtn, pokerfjæsn
  • Dutch: pokerface(nl)
  • Finnish: pokka(fi)
  • French: l'air de rien(fr)
  • Greek: ανέκφραστος(el)m(anékfrastos)
  • Spanish: doble caraf, cara de póquerf
  • Swedish: pokeransikte(sv)n

Other Words For Poker

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