blackjack

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsblackjack oakjack oakQuercus marilandica

   Broaderscrub oak
2. 2.

   a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

   Synonymscoshsap

   Broaderbludgeon
3. 3.

   a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship

   Synonymsblack flagpirate flagJolly Roger

   Broaderflag

   Partsskull and crossbones
4. 4.

   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

   Synonymstwenty-onevingt-et-un

   Broadercard game

1. 1.

   exert pressure on someone through threats

   Synonymsblackmailpressure

   Broaderinfluence

Other forms of blackjack

plural

blackjacks·

past tense

blackjacked·

present participle

blackjacking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blackjack

What does blackjack mean?

blackjack means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blackjack?

blackjack has 2 syllables: black-jack. The stress falls on "black". In IPA it is /ˈblækˌdʒæk/.

What is another word for blackjack?

Close synonyms include blackjack oak, jack oak, Quercus marilandica, cosh, sap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blackjack a common word?

blackjack is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with blackjack?

7 words rhyme with blackjack. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.