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go-stop

go-stop noun: a popular Korean card game played with hwatu cards, similar to the Japanese game of koi-koi.

Noun

go-stop (uncountable)

  1. A popular Korean card game played with hwatu cards, similar to the Japanese game of koi-koi.
    • Spot a group of old people playing cards in a park and chances are they're playing Go-Stop. Originally a card game from Japan, it's now a Korean tradition in its own right.2012, Matthew Waterhouse, “Everything but the kitchen sink”, in Konglish: The ultimate survival guide for teaching English in South Korea, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 281
    • In Korea we used to play Hwatu, which means, literally, “the battle of the flowers”, but there were also other games such as Koi-Koi and Go-Stop.2015, Anthony Horowitz, “ ‘Pick a Card...’ ” (chapter 10), in Trigger Mortis: A James Bond Novel, Orion, →ISBN

Examples of go-stop in a sentence

  • They are used to play a game called Godori, or Go-Stop, the goal of which is to match the cards in your hand with the cards laid out on the table.2021, Michelle Zauner, “Double Lid” (chapter 3), in Crying in H Mart, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 29:
  • Flower card solitaire and go-stop, the most popular game, were ways some residents at the center passed the time and exercised their minds.2023, Joshua D. Pilzer, chapter 3, in Quietude: A Musical Anthropology of "Korea's Hiroshima", Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53:
  • People would meet up from around 1 a.m. onwards to drink or play the Korean playing card game "go-stop," or hwatu.2024, Courageous Women Research Center / Magdalena House Collective, Our Lives, Our Space, 봄날의박씨, →ISBN, page 51:

Origin of go-stop

Borrowed from Korean 고스톱 (goseutop), from English go + stop.

Questions about go-stop

What does go-stop mean?
Go-stop means a popular Korean card game played with hwatu cards, similar to the Japanese game of koi-koi.
How do you use go-stop in a sentence?
They are used to play a game called Godori, or Go-Stop, the goal of which is to match the cards in your hand with the cards laid out on the table.
What part of speech is go-stop?
Go-stop is a noun.

Words near go-stop in the dictionary

  1. go-sees
  2. go-show
  3. go-shows
  4. go-slow
  5. go-slows
  6. go-stop
  7. go-team
  8. go-teams
  9. go-to
  10. go-to guy
  11. go-to guys

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