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Blackjack
Definitions
- 1 A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over. countable, uncountable
- 2 A fan of the South Korean girl group 2NE1. slang
"The queens of K-pop, 2NE1, are gearing up for their world tour in March and Blackjacks could not be more excited!"
- 3 a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 wordnet
- 4 A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace. countable, uncountable
- 5 a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship wordnet
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- 6 A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack). countable, uncountable
- 7 a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people wordnet
- 8 A variant of hearts where the Jack of Spades is the penalty card. countable, uncountable
- 9 a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets wordnet
- 10 The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger). countable, uncountable
- 11 A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma. countable, uncountable
"The pain is sometimes like the dull, heavy thud of being hit with a lead-filled blackjack; other times like a wizard is reaching deep below the skin and ripping muscles, tendons, and nerves."
- 12 A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal. countable, uncountable
- 13 Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae. countable, uncountable
- 14 Ellipsis of blackjack oak. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"A little creek ran through the land, and the prairie rolled a little there, too. Nothing but blackjacks for miles around it, but on that section, because of the water, I suppose, there were elms and persimmons and cottonwoods and even a grove of pecans."
- 15 Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton. countable, uncountable
"This man had a brother about six miles off, settled on a rich White River bottom-land farm -- and while a blackjack clay soil yielded seventy bushels to the acre, this fine bottom-land would not average fifty."
- 16 Ammonium bituminosulfonate. Australia, UK, countable, rare, uncountable
""Next!" steps gingerly in to confront the medical eye fastened questioningly upon him. "Crook in the guts," he says tersely. The picturesque reports of previously treated and disgusted patients - have left him doubtful, and he casts, an anathematising eye upon the "Black Jack" bottle. "Tabloids and duty!" says the doctor, and the sufferer sighs with relief."
- 1 To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
"“We cannot have you getting blackjacked and bound yet again.”"
- 2 exert pressure on someone through threats wordnet
Etymology
From black + jack.
From black + jack.
From the card game blackjack, also called twenty-one, which is one of two pronunciations of 2NE1's name (the other being "to anyone").
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