nine
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- noun
- /naɪn/
:
nueve
- During our family game night, I collected three nines and won the round.
- a pair of nines
- three nines
- two nines
OK, now in my surprise position, the nine of cups is a wish granted card.
- OK, now in my surprise position, the nine of cups is a wish granted card.
Examples
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Opening night, doctors, lawyers, businessmen and their wives, all dressed to the nines.
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The Mouse slowly picked up her cards and found that she had drawn two nines and a queen.
Fiction book (1991) -
OK, now in my surprise position, the nine of cups is a wish granted card.
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Jessica Wright was dressed up to the nines for the trip to the pub.
Blog text (21) -
A grand marshal is dressed to the nines, traditionally wearing a tuxedo and white gloves.
Academic text (2012) -
We tilt down to discover Dorian and Tina, dressed to the nines for the opening.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the card game, I drew the nine of hearts, bringing me closer to winning.
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The dealer shuffled the deck and laid down the nine of diamonds as the first card.
Synonyms
A playing card with nine small dots, like the nine of hearts
Idioms
Compounds
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A whip with nine knotted cords used to beat people as punishment, often on ships or in prisons
A major European war from 1689 to 1697 between France and a group of other countries
A small animal with nine bands of hard armor that lives in parts of North and South America
- Offensive
A sexual position in which two people use their mouths on each other at the same time
Surface Forms
Etymology
The playing-card nine is named after the number nine, from the same very old word that gave German neun and Spanish nueve, which is why the card shows nine dots and stands for the number 'nine'.