ALL FOURS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game

Synonyms:

all fours; high-low-jack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("all fours" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "all fours"):

cinch (a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps)

auction pitch; pitch (an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump)

old sledge; seven-up (a form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game)