Chicken vs. Poker: What's the Difference?

A common domesticated fowl (Gallus domesticus) widely raised for meat and eggs and believed to be descended from the jungle fowl G. gallus.

One that pokes, especially a metal rod used to stir a fire.

Any of various similar or related birds.

Any of various card games played by two or more players who bet on the value of their hands.

The flesh of the chicken, used as food.

A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.

(Slang) A coward.

(historical) A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.

Any of various foolhardy competitions in which the participants persist in a dangerous course of action until one loses nerve and stops.

One who pokes.

Vulgar Slang A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man.

A kind of duck, the pochard.

Afraid; cowardly.

A knife.

To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve

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.

(countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.

(poker) All the four cards of the same rank.

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

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

(archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.

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

A coward.

To play poker.

A young or inexperienced person.

One who pokes.

A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.

The game of dare.

A poking-stick.

A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).

The poachard.

A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.

 A kilogram of cocaine.

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

Plural of chick

Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

(informal) Cowardly.

Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden; same as spring chicken.

The flesh of a chicken used for food

A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

Easily frightened