blackjack

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  • enPR: blăk'jăk, IPA: /ˈblækdʒæk/, SAMPA: /"bl{kdZ{k/

[edit] Noun

blackjack (plural: blackjacks)

  1. (card games): The most common gambling card game in casinos.
  2. The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger). In older literature sometimes spelled "black jack".
  3. a small truncheon, commonly made of a leather senneted tube, the slender handle being slightly flexible and the upper more bulbous end being loaded with lead or other heavy material.
  4. a type of weed, Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to blackjack

Third person singular
blackjacks

Simple past
blackjacked

Past participle
blackjacked

Present participle
blackjacking

to blackjack (third-person singular simple present blackjacks, present participle blackjacking, simple past and past participle blackjacked)

  1. To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.