Glossary of poker terms

The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the glossary of card game terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal dictionary; precise usage details and multiple closely related senses are omitted here in favor of concise treatment of the basics.

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  • The Official Dictionary of Poker by Michael Wiesenberg
  • Dan Kimberg's Poker Dictionary
  • Hand

    A hand (Latin manus) is a prehensile, multi-fingered organ located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "hand" and fingerprints remarkably similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs. The raccoon is usually described as having "hands" though opposable thumbs are lacking.

    Fingers contain some of the densest areas of nerve endings on the body, are the richest source of tactile feedback, and have the greatest positioning capability of the body; thus the sense of touch is intimately associated with hands. Like other paired organs (eyes, feet, legs) each hand is dominantly controlled by the opposing brain hemisphere, so that handedness—the preferred hand choice for single-handed activities such as writing with a pencil, reflects individual brain functioning.

    Some evolutionary anatomists use the term hand to refer to the appendage of digits on the forelimb more generally — for example, in the context of whether the three digits of the bird hand involved the same homologous loss of two digits as in the dinosaur hand.

    Handwriting

    Handwriting refers to a person's writing created with a writing utensil such as a pen or pencil. The term encompasses both printing and cursive styles and is separate from formal calligraphy or typeface. It is, in essence, a visible form of a person's voice, including pitch and tone.

    Because each person's handwriting is unique, it can be used to

    The deterioration of a person's handwriting is also a symptom or result of certain diseases.

    Uniqueness of handwriting

    Each person has their own unique style of handwriting, whether it is everyday handwriting or their personal signature. Even identical twins who share appearance and genetics don't have the same handwriting. A person's handwriting is like that person's fingerprints: people might be able to copy it, but never write it in an identical way. The place where one grows up and the first language one learns melt together with the different distribution of force and ways of shaping words to create a unique style of handwriting for each person.

    Characteristics of handwriting include:

  • specific shape of letters, e.g. their roundness or sharpness
  • Hand (surname)

    Hand is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

  • Augustus C. Hand, U.S. Congressman
  • Augustus Noble Hand, U.S. federal judge
  • David Hand (bishop), first Anglican Archbishop of Papua New Guinea
  • David Hand (animator), American animator and director of Disney movies
  • David Hand (statistician), British statistician
  • Debra Hand, American artist
  • Dora Hand, dance hall singer in the American Old West
  • Edward Hand, American Revolutionary War general
  • Elizabeth Hand, American author
  • Eoin Hand, Irish sports commentator
  • Frederic Hand, composer
  • Gerry Hand, former Australian politician
  • James Hand, Irish footballer
  • Jamie Hand, English footballer
  • John Hand (rower), Canadian rower
  • John Hand (priest), Irish priest
  • John P. Hand, American jurist
  • Jon Hand, American football player
  • Kelli Hand, American techno musician and DJ
  • Kernan "Skip" Hand, Louisiana state representative and judge
  • Learned Hand, New York jurist
  • Nevyl Hand, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Norman Hand, American football defensive tackle
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