FANTAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

Synonyms:

fantan; parliament; sevens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fantan" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4)

Synonyms:

fan tan; fantan