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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:

blackjack; cosh; sap

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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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