blackjack

  1. Noun.  (card games) The most common gambling card game in casinos.
  2. 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".
  3. 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.
  4. Noun.  a type of weed, ''Bidens pilosa'', in the family Compositae.
  5. Verb.  To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.

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