straight
- noun
- /streɪt/
- Jargon
- Johnny Chan has a queen high straight.
- an inside straight
- straights and flushes
- a high straight
Examples
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I give her a king and a queen in the hole for an ace-high straight.
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A straight beats three of a kind.
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"Your father," she said as they approached the apartment house that stood halfway up Broad Street Hill, "never met an inside straight he didn't like."
Fiction book (1999) -
For instance, the most important hands in poker are full houses, flushes, and straights.
Blog text (1) -
During the poker game, I was thrilled when I revealed my hand to show a straight.
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In the final round, she won with a straight, leaving her opponent stunned.
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The player celebrated after successfully drawing a straight with five consecutive cards.
Idioms
To not be able to think clearly because you are very tired, angry, or confused
- Informal
In a direct and honest way without hiding feelings or opinions
- Informal
To keep your face looking serious and not show you are laughing
Focus immediately on the most important information without extra details
- Informal
Looks exactly like the kind of person chosen to play a role in a film or show
Compounds
A performer who plays a serious role in a comedy to make the other person's jokes funnier
- Jargon
A woman who plays the serious partner in a comedy duo and gives lines to the funny performer
- Jargon
A poker game where each player gets five face down cards and cannot take any new ones
- Specialized
A structure with a straight horizontal top made of stones cut like wedges that support each other
- Specialized
A drill bit with straight grooves along its length that remove small rock pieces
- Jargon
A position on rings or parallel bars with the body straight and arms at the sides
- Specialized
A life insurance plan with the same yearly payment you make that covers you for your whole life
- Specialized
A large vein in the outer covering of the brain that carries blood from deep brain veins
- Specialized
An attack in fencing where you lunge forward, keeping your back leg straight and your sword arm outstretched
- Specialized
In American football, pushing a defender away by holding the arm straight
- Informal
A check to see if you can keep a serious face when something is funny
- Specialized
A tool with straight grooves that help remove dust and chips while making holes in hard rock or masonry
- Informal
Direct and honest in speech that does not hide what you think
- Specialized
A way of charging the same cost each year for an asset that loses value
Surface Forms
Etymology
Straight in poker comes from the idea of things in a line or order, so a straight is five cards in sequence, one after another.