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blackjack

blackjack

2 8.9
A short heavy club covered in leather used to hit people
  • noun
  • /ˈblækˌdʒæk/
  • NSFW
translation icon : porra
  • Lum pulls a blackjack out of his baggy pants.
  • pull a blackjack

Examples

  • Tim runs out the door with his blackjack unsheathed.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Shang bludgeons the fallen warrior, using his lead-filled rat like a blackjack as Amsterdam kicks him savagely; the Native collapses unconscious at their feet.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Before she could react, I removed the blackjack from my pocket and struck her head.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • That blackjack you got in your hand could split somebody's skull open.

  • I was caught up enough in their words that I didn't hear the driver take two steps to my right and then bring down a blackjack with considerable force on the back of my head.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • He flattened Miles and I with a blackjack... at the North Hollywood rally last year.

  • Close-up on Charlie's face as a blackjack cracks across the crown of his skull, and his eyes roll back in his head.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Hey, Lina, whatcha hittin' him with, a blackjack?

  • Whereas Benny, I've seen him getting worked over with blackjacks.

  • He swung the blackjack and incapacitated his opponent with one swift motion.

Synonyms

bludgeon
vsblackjack
4 7.6

A thick heavy stick or club used as a weapon

is a compact metal covered form with a flexible handle not a simple stick
sap
vsblackjack
  • Archaic
3 9.9

A small flexible club covered with leather used to hit people

is the general short thick metal form not limited to police use
cosh
vsblackjack
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A short heavy stick with a leather head used to hit people

is short and thick rather than simply heavy along its length
billystick
vsblackjack
  • US
9.9

A short heavy stick that police use to hit or control people

has a metal core and flexible handle rather than a plain wooden club

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 Forceful

blackjack
  • NSFW
2 8.9
billy club
  • US
5 6.7
baton
16 5.0
sap
  • Archaic
3 9.9

Surface Forms

blackjack singular
blackjacks plural

Morphology

blackjack = black + jack (opaque) = black + jack

Though formable from 'black' + 'jack', the term denotes a specific type of club/sap and that specific object is not predictable from the components alone.

Etymology

The word blackjack for the short club likely comes from black for its dark, leather cover and jack for a small object, so it names a short, heavy stick used for hitting.