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seven-up

seven-up

9.9
A card game where the first player to reach seven points wins
  • noun
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  • The rules of seven-up are similar to all fours but the winner is the first to reach seven points.

Examples

  • We played seven-up with our friends until late in the evening.

  • Grandpa taught us how to play seven-up when we were kids.

  • Let's play seven-up tonight!

  • I love playing seven-up with my friends.

  • Grandpa taught us how to play seven-up when we were kids.

  • The rules of seven-up are similar to all fours, but the winner is the first to reach seven points.

  • We played seven-up with our friends until late in the evening.

Synonyms

old sledge
vsseven-up
  • Archaic
9.9

A card game where players try to score seven points

has identical rules but uses a different name

Surface Forms

seven-up singular
seven-ups plural

Morphology

seven-up = seven (semi-transparent) = up + seven

The components 'seven' and 'up' are transparent individually, but the conventionalized name for a specific card game (winning by reaching seven points) is a specialized meaning not directly derivable by simple combination rules. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Seven-up comes from the game's simple goal: the first player to reach seven points is up, meaning 'ahead', so the game is won by getting to seven.