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BLACKJACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21
Synonyms:
blackjack; twenty-one; vingt-et-un
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("blackjack" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship
Synonyms:
black flag; blackjack; Jolly Roger; pirate flag
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blackjack" is a kind of...):
flag (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)
Meronyms (parts of "blackjack"):
skull and crossbones (emblem warning of danger or death)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blackjack" is a kind of...):
bludgeon (a club used as a weapon)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets
Synonyms:
blackjack; blackjack oak; jack oak; Quercus marilandica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blackjack" is a kind of...):
scrub oak (any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exert pressure on someone through threats
Synonyms:
blackjack; blackmail; pressure
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "blackjack" is one way to...):
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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