'blackjack' definitions:
Definition of 'blackjack'
(from WordNet)
noun
A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club- shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets [syn: blackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica]
noun
A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people [syn: blackjack, cosh, sap]
noun
A flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship [syn: black flag, pirate flag, Jolly Roger, blackjack]
noun
A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21 [syn: blackjack, twenty-one, vingt- et-un]
verb
Definition of 'blackjack'
From: GCIDE
- Vingt et un \Vingt` et` un"\ [F., twenty and one.] A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it; -- also called blackjack, or twenty-one.
- Note: There are several variations (such as {Caribbean blackjack}). In the most common variation played in casinos, there is one dealer who plays for the house, and up to seven players. The players and dealer each receive two cards, the dealer's cards usually being one face up and one face down. The players each in turn decide whether they will request additional cards ("hit"), the objective being to reach a sum of card values as close as possible to twenty-one, without exceeding that number. If, on hitting, the player's total card values exceed 21, he has "busted", and lost his bet. Otherwise, the player wins only if his total card values exceed those of the dealer. "picture cards" (or "face cards", being the jack, queen, and king) are counted as having a value of ten. The ace may count as one or eleven, at the player's option. Other than to hit, there are also other possible actions by the player, such as to "double down" (receive only one additional card, while doubling the initial bet), or to "split" (if the first two cards have the same value). [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'blackjack'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all fours,
- baccarat,
- banker,
- bastinado,
- bat,
- battering ram,
- billy,
- billy club,
- bludgeon,
- bluff,
- Boston,
- brag,
- bridge,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- canasta,
- cane,
- casino,
- club,
- coerce,
- commerce,
- commit,
- connections,
- contract,
- contract bridge,
- cosh,
- cribbage,
- cudgel,
- dragoon,
- Earl of Coventry,
- ecarte,
- euchre,
- faro,
- ferule,
- five hundred,
- flinch,
- fright,
- frog,
- gin,
- gin rummy,
- goat,
- hearts,
- hijack,
- intimidate,
- keno,
- knobkerrie,
- lansquenet,
- life preserver,
- loo,
- lottery,
- lotto,
- mace,
- matrimony,
- monte,
- morning star,
- napoleon,
- nightstick,
- old maid,
- ombre,
- paddle,
- patience,
- penny ante,
- picquet,
- Pit,
- poker,
- Polish bank,
- put-and-take,
- quadrille,
- quarterstaff,
- ram,
- reverse,
- rouge et noir,
- rum,
- rummy,
- Russian bank,
- sandbag,
- seven-up,
- shanghai,
- shillelagh,
- skat,
- snipsnapsnorum,
- solitaire,
- speculation,
- spontoon,
- staff,
- stave,
- steamroller,
- stick,
- straight poker,
- strong-arm,
- stud poker,
- thirty-one,
- truncheon,
- twenty-one,
- use violence,
- vingt-et-un,
- war club,
- whist