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blackjack

blackjack

44 4.4
A card game where players try to get a hand value close to 21 without going over
  • noun
  • /ˈblækˌdʒæk/
translation icon : blackjack
  • While you're at it, go play some Blackjack.
  • play blackjack
  • cards in blackjack

He Eddorp, invented the card counting for blackjack when you know, ones and zeros and all that stuff.

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Examples

  • We don't gamble, so spending it at a blackjack table wasn't an option.

    Blog text (9)
  • Next move is we go out to Vegas and we play some blackjack.

  • - We put our money together, played a little Blackjack and won.

  • I wanna play blackjack all night long.

  • My dad played a lot of blackjack.

  • Encouraged, he went to the blackjack table, where two men and a woman were already playing.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • After supper, they played a game of blackjack which she had taught them a year ago.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • We played a lot of poker and blackjack in Vietnam.

  • Jerry's probably making out like a bandit at the blackjack table.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • We decided to play blackjack at the casino to see if we could win some money on our trip.

Synonyms

card game
vsblackjack
43 1.1

A game played with playing cards, for example poker, that often needs skill or luck

focuses on reaching totals close to but not over 21
twenty-one
vsblackjack
2 3.5

A card game where players try to get closer to 21 than the dealer without going over

is the same game but under the more common modern title
gambling game
vsblackjack
1 3.4

A game where people bet money and can win or lose

centers on reaching totals near 21 while avoiding going over
vingt-et-un
vsblackjack
9.9

A card game where players try to have cards that add up to 21 or less and beat the dealer

is the modern standardized casino form rather than the older variant

Compounds

9.9

A joking phrase for a life of gambling and paid sex without responsibility

blackjack oak
  • Specialized
9.1

A small or medium tree that loses its leaves, has dark bark, three-part leaves, and often grows in dense groups

How Skillful

poker
396 3.0
blackjack
44 4.4
roulette
41 6.6
slot machine
  • US
25 3.3
lottery
199 2.3

Surface Forms

blackjack singular
blackjacks plural

Morphology

blackjack = black + jack (semi-transparent) = black + jack

The name contains 'black' and 'jack' (a playing card), but the full rules and objective of the game are lexicalized and not inferable from the components alone.

Etymology

The card game blackjack got its name in America when casinos gave a bonus for a hand with an Ace and a black jack (the jack of spades or clubs), so the special 'black jack' hand later became the name of the whole game.