beggar-my-neighbor

1. 1.

   a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards

   Synonymsbeggar-my-neighbourstrip-Jack-naked

   Broadercard game

Questions about beggar-my-neighbor

What does beggar-my-neighbor mean?

beggar-my-neighbor means "a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards".

How many syllables are in beggar-my-neighbor?

beggar-my-neighbor has 5 syllables and divides as beg-gar--my--neigh-bor under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.