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high-low

high-low adjective: describing a game in which the high hand and the low hand win. Also the alternative form of highlow.

Adjective

high-low (not comparable)

  1. Describing a game in which the high hand and the low hand win.
  2. Designating a blackjack card counting technique in which the lowest cards are worth +1 point and the highest cards −1 point, and the counter places higher bets against higher point totals.

Noun

high-low (countable and uncountable, plural high-lows)

  1. (uncountable) A card game where a player has to guess if the next card will be higher or lower than the one shown.

Also used as

high-low is also the alternative form of highlow.

Forms of high-low

pluralhigh-lows

Phrases with high-low

Words that rhyme with high-low

Questions about high-low

What does high-low mean?
High-low means describing a game in which the high hand and the low hand win.
What part of speech is high-low?
High-low can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near high-low in the dictionary

  1. high-level languages
  2. high-level synthesis
  3. high-lift device
  4. high-lift devices
  5. high-living
  6. high-low
  7. high-low split
  8. high-lows
  9. high-lying
  10. high-maintenance
  11. high-marking

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