slapjack

American  

[slap-jak] / ˈslæpˌdʒæk /

noun

1. a simple card game.

2. a flapjack or griddlecake.

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slapjack British  

/ ˈslæpˌdʒæk /

noun

1. a simple card game

2. another word for pancake

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Regionalisms

See pancake.

Etymology

Origin of slapjack

First recorded in 1790–1800; slap ¹ + jack ¹

Example Sentences

Going to the beach, cooking, playing Uno and Slapjack, visiting the park and letting me measure their heights on the wall just inside the toy closet near where I’d done the same for their mothers years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Three old men played a game of slapjack in a corner.

From Literature

He remembered the narrow white beds and the old men playing slapjack in the corner.

From Literature

His second visit to his friend was like the first, except that the old men in the room watched them listlessly and did not play slapjack.

From Literature

To prove he was worth his salt in card-sharking, Fallon asked Reynolds to engage in a friendly game of Slapjack, yet another one of Fallon’s twisted divertissements.

From Time