blackjack

Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• black jack, black-jack

Pronunciation

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

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.

Translations

Gambling card game

Dutch: eenentwintigen (nl) n.

French: vingt-et-un (fr) m.

Flag traditionally flown by pirate ships

Dutch: piratenvlag (nl) c.

French: pavillon de pirates (fr) m.

See also

• baccarat
• bludgeon
• cosh
• pontoon
• truncheon
• twenty-one

Verb

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.