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draw dead

draw dead verb: to play a drawing hand that is inevitably going to lose, no matter what the remaining community cards are.

Verb

draw dead (third-person singular simple present draws dead, present participle drawing dead, simple past drew dead, past participle drawn dead)

  1. To play a drawing hand that is inevitably going to lose, no matter what the remaining community cards are.
    • Player A has Q8. Player B has J10. Table: J2J8. Player A made a pair, but he is drawing dead.

Forms of draw dead

third-person singular presentdraws dead
present participledrawing dead
pastdrew dead
past participledrawn dead

Questions about draw dead

What does draw dead mean?
Draw dead means to play a drawing hand that is inevitably going to lose, no matter what the remaining community cards are.
What part of speech is draw dead?
Draw dead is a verb.
What is the past tense of draw dead?
The past tense of draw dead is drew dead.

Words near draw dead in the dictionary

  1. draw breath
  2. draw bridge
  3. draw bridges
  4. draw bridle
  5. draw cuts
  6. draw dead
  7. draw death
  8. draw distance
  9. draw distances
  10. draw down
  11. draw even

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