blackjack
- Noun. (card games) The most common gambling card game in casinos.
- Noun. The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger). In older literature sometimes spelled "black jack".
- Noun. a small truncheon, commonly made of a leather senneted tube, the slender handle being slightly flexible and the upper more bulbous end being loaded with lead or other heavy material.
- Noun. a type of weed, ''Bidens pilosa'', in the family Compositae.
- Verb. To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
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