blackjack
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1. 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 (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | card game, cards, |
| definition | : | a game played with playing cards (noun.act) |
2. a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | flag, |
| definition | : | emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design (noun.artifact) |
3. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | bludgeon, |
| definition | : | a club used as a weapon (noun.artifact) |
4. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | scrub oak, |
| definition | : | any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets (noun.plant) |
5. exert pressure on someone through threats (verb.social)
6. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cosh, |
| definition | : | hit with a cosh, usually on the head (verb.contact) |
7. exert pressure on someone through threats (verb.social)
| derivation | : | blackmail, |
| definition | : | extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | pressure, |
| definition | : | a force that compels (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, |
| definition | : | a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them (noun.person) |
8. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | cosh, |
| definition | : | hit with a cosh, usually on the head (verb.contact) |
9. exert pressure on someone through threats (verb.social)
| derivation | : | blackmail, |
| definition | : | extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | pressure, |
| definition | : | a force that compels (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, |
| definition | : | a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them (noun.person) |
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