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Someone who has a poker face has an expressionless face that shows no emotion or reaction at all. 'He sat with a poker face all through the show, revealing nothing of his thoughts.' If you polish something off, you finish it quickly or easily. Since you have to keep a still face while playing cards.
- Poker 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.
- Poker face (plural poker faces) (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.
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poker face
n. A face lacking any interpretable expression, as that of an expert poker player.
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poker face
ninformal a face without expression, as that of a poker player attempting to conceal the value of his cards
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pok′er face`
n.
[1880–85, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. | poker face - a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player) poker game, poker - any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand countenance, visage - the appearance conveyed by a person's face; 'a pleasant countenance'; 'a stern visage' |
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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
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British Dictionary definitions forpoker face
noun
informala face without expression, as that of a poker player attempting to conceal the value of his cards
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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]
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