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sevening out

sevening out is the present participle and gerund of seven out.

Meaning of seven out

Verb

seven out (third-person singular simple present sevens out, present participle sevening out, simple past and past participle sevened out)

  1. in the game of craps, to roll a seven after having established the "point".
    • "Why do you push it, Charlie?" he said. "At our age one short game is plenty. Do you see me playing more? One of these days you could seven out.[…]"1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 66
    Synonyms:
    crap out

Questions about sevening out

What is sevening out the present participle and gerund of?
Sevening out is the present participle and gerund of seven out.

Words near sevening out in the dictionary

  1. sevenfolded
  2. sevenfoldness
  3. sevengill
  4. sevengills
  5. Sevenhampton
  6. sevening out
  7. sevenish
  8. sevenk
  9. sevenless
  10. sevenling
  11. sevenlings

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