craps

[ kraps ]
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noun(usually used with a singular verb)
  1. a game in which two dice are thrown and in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10 can be won only by throwing the same number again before throwing a 7.

Origin of craps

1
First recorded in 1835–45, Americanism; apparently from French craps, variant of crabs “double-ace” (lowest throw at the game of hazard), from 18th-century English slang; see crab1 (def. 7a)

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British Dictionary definitions for craps

craps

/ (kræps) /


noun(usually functioning as singular)
  1. a gambling game using two dice, in which a player wins the bet if 7 or 11 is thrown first, and loses if 2, 3, or 12 is thrown

  2. shoot craps to play this game

Origin of craps

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C19: probably from crabs lowest throw at dice, plural of crab 1

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