blackjack
noun
- a large beer mug, formerly made of leather coated with tar
- black flag
- ☆ a small, leather-covered bludgeon with a flexible handle
- ☆ a SE U.S. scrub oak (Quercus marilandica) with fan-shaped leaves
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- a gambling game at cards in which any player wins who gets cards totaling twenty-one points or less while the dealer gets either a smaller total or a total exceeding twenty-one points
- a combination of an ace and a face card or ten, equaling 21 points in this game
- sphalerite, esp. a dark variety
transitive verb
- to hit with a blackjack
- to force (a person) to do something by threatening, as if with a blackjack
See blackjack in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(blăkˈjăkˌ)
noun- A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon.
- The blackjack oak.
- Games A card game in which the object is to accumulate cards with a higher count than that of the dealer but not exceeding 21. Also called twenty-one, vingt-et-un.
- Sphalerite.
transitive verb black·jacked,
black·jack·ing,
black·jacks - To hit or beat with a leather-covered bludgeon.
- To coerce by threats.
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