blackjacks

Noun

blackjack (countable and uncountable, plural blackjacks)

1. 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

2. A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
3. 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).
4. A variant of hearts where the Jack of Spades is the penalty card.
5. 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).
6. 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.
   • The pain is sometimes like the dull, heavy thud of being hit with a lead-filled blackjack; other times like a wizard is reaching deep below the skin and ripping muscles, tendons, and nerves.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 131

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