poker up
poker up verb: to become expressionless; to put on a poker face.
Verb
poker up (third-person singular simple present pokers up, present participle pokering up, simple past and past participle pokered up)
- To become expressionless; to put on a poker face.
- When his mama had ventured in the most amiable way to remark on her occasional free and easy ways, he had pokered up at once and declared that it was her very lack of pretension which he found most engaging.1984, Sheila Walsh, The Diamond Waterfall, page 153
- Wicked as the devil one minute, and then pokering up like a Methodist minister the next.1992, Joan Overfield, The Viscount's Vixen, page 10
Forms of poker up
| third-person singular present | pokers up |
|---|---|
| present participle | pokering up |
| past participle | pokered up |
| past | pokered up |
Questions about poker up
- What does poker up mean?
- Poker up means to become expressionless; to put on a poker face.
- What part of speech is poker up?
- Poker up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of poker up?
- The past tense of poker up is pokered up.
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