poka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- fare noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
- john noun Informal US term for a toilet.
- score noun The total number of points, goals, or runs earned in a game or contest.
- trade verb To buy and sell goods, services, or securities.
Senses
poka is used for these senses in English:
- call (informal, slang, prostitution) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
- fare (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
- john (slang, US) A prostitute's client.
- score (US, slang, crime) A criminal act, especially:
- score A prostitute's client.
- trade (uncountable, gay slang) A masculine man available for casual sex with men, often for pay. (Compare rough trade.)
- window frame The wooden, aluminium or PVC etc. framework around a window
call — full definition
- verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
- verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
- verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
- noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.
fare — full definition
- noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
- noun A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.
- noun Food and drink, especially the kind served somewhere in particular.
- verb To get on, progress, or turn out in a specified way (usually "fare well" or "fare badly").