blackjack
noun
- 1
A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
- 2
A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
- 3
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).
- 4
A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
- 5
Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
- 6
A blackjack oak.
verb
- 1
To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
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