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sodium (iou) and Hole - Poker (gambling)


sodium (iou)



sodium noun. E19.
[from SODA + -IUM.]
A soft waxlike silvery-white highly reactive chemical element, atomic no. 11, which is a member of the alkali metal group present in seawater as common salt and in numerous minerals, and whose salts are essential to biological processes. (Symbol Na.)
Comb.: sodium-amalgam a compound of mercury and sodium; sodium bicarbonate a white soluble solid, NaHCO3, used in effervescent Drinks, antacids, soda-acid fire extinguishers, Baking powder, etc.; Baking soda, sodium hydrogen carbonate; sodium carbonate a white solid Na2CO3, with many commercial applications including the manufacture of soap and glass, and obtained esp. by the Solvay process; sodium chloride a colourless crystalline compound, NaCl, occurring naturally as halite and in sea water; common salt; sodium-cooled adjective that employs liquid sodium as a coolant; sodium hydroxide a deliquescent compound, NaOH, which is strongly alkaline and is used in many industrial processes, e.g. the manufacture of soap and paper; caustic soda; sodium lamp a gas discharge lamp using sodium vapour and producing intense yellow light, used esp. for street lighting; sodium lighting the lighting of streets etc. by means of sodium lamps; sodium nitrate a white solid, NaNO3, used in the manufacture of fertilizers and explosives and as a Food preservative; sodium pump Physiology a pump (PUMP noun1 1c) which operates on sodium ions; sodium-vapour lamp N. Amer. & techn. = sodium lamp above.

Hole - Poker (gambling)


1) In stud and hold ' em-type Games, the position for the card or cards dealt face down. From this comes the term in the hole.

2) Hole card (A card concealed in a player' s hand.).

3) Losing; usually preceded by in the.



Your first two down cards in seven card stud. If they're both jacks, you have a pair of jacks "in the hole." See also pocket.