English Online Dictionary. What means blackjack? What does blackjack mean?
English
Alternative forms
- black jack, black-jack
Etymology
- black + jack
Pronunciation
- enPR: blăk'jăk, IPA(key): /ˈblækd͡ʒæk/
Noun
blackjack (countable and uncountable, plural blackjacks)
- (card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
- Synonyms: pontoon, twenty-one, vingt-et-un
- (card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
- (card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).
- (card games) A variant of hearts where the Jack of Spades is the penalty card.
- 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).
- (weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
- Coordinate terms: baton, cosh, sap
- (aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.
- Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
- Ellipsis of blackjack oak.
- Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.
- (pharmacology, UK, Australia, rare) Ammonium bituminosulfonate.
Derived terms
- with blackjack and hookers
Descendants
- → Polish: blackjack
Translations
Verb
blackjack (third-person singular simple present blackjacks, present participle blackjacking, simple past and past participle blackjacked)
- To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
See also
- baccarat
- bludgeon
- cosh
- pontoon
- truncheon
- twenty-one
Further reading
- blackjack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- blackjack (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
From English blackjack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblækdʒæk/, [ˈblæk.dʒæk]
- Rhymes: -ækdʒæk
Noun
blackjack
- blackjack (card game)
- blackjack (hand in that game)
Declension
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Polish
Alternative forms
- black jack
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English blackjack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɛɡˈd͡ʐɛk/
- Rhymes: -ɛk
- Syllabification: black‧jack
Noun
blackjack m animal
- (card games) blackjack (common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over)
Declension
Further reading
- blackjack in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- blackjack in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
blackjack m (plural blackjacks)
- blackjack (card game)
Further reading
- “blackjack”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28