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crazy eights

crazy eights noun: a card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.

Noun

crazy eights (uncountable)

  1. A card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.
    • We played crazy eights, war, fifty-two card pickup. Rudy flipped the whole deck across the table at me and the cards sailed to the floor, kings, queens, deuces.2004, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven

Questions about crazy eights

What does crazy eights mean?
Crazy eights means a card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.
What part of speech is crazy eights?
Crazy eights is a noun.

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