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five-spot

five-spot

1 7.7
A game piece like a card or die that shows five spots
  • noun
: cinco
  • When I rolled the die, the five-spot came up.

Examples

  • There's only one five-spot left in the deck.

  • He picked up the five-spot and added it to his hand.

  • I drew a five-spot on my playing card.

  • He rolled a five-spot on the dice.

  • He picked up the five-spot and added it to his hand during the card game.

  • There's only one five-spot left in the deck for the next round of poker.

  • When I rolled the die, a five-spot appeared, earning me extra points.

Synonyms

five
vsfive-spot
109 1.0

A playing card, die, domino, or team that has five items

refers only to a gaming piece showing that number of pips on its face

How High

nine-spot
6.7
seven-spot
1 8.8
six-spot
6.3
five-spot
1 7.7
four-spot
8.1
three
1 1.0

Surface Forms

five-spot singular
five-spots plural

Morphology

five-spot = five + spot (transparent) = five + spot

A literal compound denoting an item that has five spots (pips); meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Five-spot joins five and spot ('mark' or 'dot') to name the face of a card, domino, or die that shows five dots. That is why a card or die with five pips is simply called a five-spot.