'Monte' definitions:
Definition of 'monte'
From: WordNet
noun
A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time [syn: monte, four-card monte, three-card monte]
Definition of 'Monte'
From: GCIDE
- Monte \Mon"te\ (m[o^]n"t[asl]), n. [Sp., lit., mountain, hence, the stock of cards remaining after laying out a certain number, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain.] A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards. [1913 Webster]
- three-card monte a gambling game using playing cards, in which a dealer shows a bettor three cards face up and specifies one to be identified, and after the cards are turned face down and moved around quickly, the bettor must identify which of the three cards is the specified card. It is sometimes engaged in by dealers on the streets of a city, with bets made by passers-by. [PJC]
Definition of 'Monte'
From: GCIDE
- Monte \Mon"te\, n. In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Words containing 'Monte'
- Mont,
- El Monte,
- La Monte,
- Mira Monte,
- Mont Alto,
- Mont Belvieu,
- Monte Alto,
- Monte Grande,
- Monte Rio,
- Monte Sereno,
- Monte Vista,
- mont blanc,
- monte bianco,
- monte carlo,
- Del Monte Forest,
- El Monte, CA,
- La Monte, MO,
- Mira Monte, CA,
- Mont Alto, PA,
- Mont Belvieu, TX,
- Monte Alto, TX,
- Monte Grande, PR,
- Monte Rio, CA,
- Monte Sereno, CA,
- Monte Vista, CO,
- Monte-acid,
- Monte-jus,
- North El Monte,
- South El Monte,
- Del Monte Forest, CA,
- North El Monte, CA,
- South El Monte, CA,
- four-card monte,
- three-card monte,
- Mont de pi'et'e