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count cards

count cards verb: to keep track of the cards that have been dealt and those that remain in the deck, in order to calculate the likelihood of certain hands in gambling games such as poker and blackjack.

Verb

count cards (third-person singular simple present counts cards, present participle counting cards, simple past and past participle counted cards)

  1. To keep track of the cards that have been dealt and those that remain in the deck, in order to calculate the likelihood of certain hands in gambling games such as poker and blackjack.

Forms of count cards

third-person singular presentcounts cards
present participlecounting cards
past participlecounted cards
pastcounted cards

Questions about count cards

What does count cards mean?
Count cards means to keep track of the cards that have been dealt and those that remain in the deck, in order to calculate the likelihood of certain hands in gambling games such as poker and blackjack.
What part of speech is count cards?
Count cards is a verb.
What is the past tense of count cards?
The past tense of count cards is counted cards.

Words near count cards in the dictionary

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  6. count cards
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  8. count circle
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  10. count coup
  11. count down

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