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blackjack
[ blak-jak ]
noun
- Cards.
- Also called twen·ty-one [twen, -tee-, wuhn, twuhn, -]. a gambling game in which the object is to obtain from the dealer cards whose values add up to, or close to, 21 but do not exceed it.
- a variety of this game in which any player can become dealer.
- Also called natural. (in the game of blackjack) an ace together with a ten or a face card as the first two cards dealt.
- a short, leather-covered club, consisting of a heavy head on a flexible handle, used as a weapon.
- a small oak, Quercus marilandica, of the eastern United States, having a nearly black bark and a wood of little value except for fuel.
- a large drinking cup or jug for beer, ale, etc., originally made of leather coated externally with tar. Compare bombard ( def 7 ).
- caramel or burnt sugar for coloring spirits, vinegar, coffee, etc.
- Mineralogy. a dark, iron-rich variety of sphalerite.
verb (used with object)
- to strike or beat with a blackjack.
- to compel by threat.
blackjack
1/ ˈblækˌdʒæk /
noun
- a small oak tree, Quercus marilandica , of the southeastern US, with blackish bark and fan-shaped leaves Also calledblackjack oak
blackjack
2/ ˈblækˌdʒæk /
noun
- a truncheon of leather-covered lead with a flexible shaft
verb
- tr to hit with or as if with a blackjack
- tr to compel (a person) by threats
blackjack
3/ ˈblækˌdʒæk /
noun
- pontoon or any of various similar card games
- the ace of spades
blackjack
4/ ˈblækˌdʒæk /
noun
- a tarred leather tankard or jug
blackjack
5/ ˈblækˌdʒæk /
noun
- a dark iron-rich variety of the mineral sphalerite
Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
For instance, people bet themselves into bankruptcy at blackjack tables based on what they easily remember — big winners — rather than on the vast majority of losers.
He sent a similar text to a middle-aged blackjack player among very overt sexual messages.
Each den of sin has its selling points, but Puerto Rican casinos make good with $5 minimums at the blackjack tables.
Later, in the middle of a hot streak, the polo guy starts calling me “Miss 21, Miss Blackjack.”
Instead they keep at it, with Paul Ryan and old “Blackjack” Bennett pressing ever onward at the Values Voter Summit on Friday.
The problem was that I was a card counter: a professional blackjack player.
"Blackjack" Donnely had made that clear in his trial in Texas.
The next evening, "Blackjack" Donnely was shot down at the front door of his own home.
If that were so, he—or they—could make the late "Blackjack" Donnely look like a meek, harmless, little mouse.
The case, even at that point, might have ended with an acquittal or a hung jury, but Donnely wasn't through using his blackjack.
He bit off a chew from his plug of "blackjack," and with calm eyes surveyed the doom toward which he was rushing.
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