POKER FACE


Meaning of POKER FACE in English

noun

Etymology: poker (II)

1.

a.

(1) : a face that does not reveal the feelings or thoughts of a person : a woodenly expressionless face : dead pan

conceals his emotions behind a poker face — P.G.Wodehouse

(2) : a stolidly grave or solemn face

they play their silly roles with poker faces

b. : one that has or that assumes a poker face

asked why those poker faces had been invited to the party

2. : stolid gravity or solemnity of manner

wrote all this nonsense with a poker face

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