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Blackjack
Blackjack
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Noun
Blackjack (plural Blackjacks)
- (slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group 2NE1.
- 2014, Julie Carlson, "2NE1 Comeback", Hallyu Magazine, Issue #11, Winter 2014, page 41 (approx.):
- The queens of K-pop, 2NE1, are gearing up for their world tour in March and Blackjacks could not be more excited!
- 2014, Chester Chin, "2NE1 in concert: Sassy and fierce", The Star (Malaysia), 29 May 2014:
- It’s this sort of brash ethos that resonates with Blackjacks (as 2NE1’s fans are known).
- 2014, Lainey, "2NE1 Gives Their All For Malaysia", Campus Plus, Issue 91, July 2014, page 58:
- Most of these 'Blackjacks' have waited five years since 2NE1's debut to finally see the girls (CL, Bom, Dara, Minzy) perform a full show in Malaysia.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Blackjack.
- 2014, Julie Carlson, "2NE1 Comeback", Hallyu Magazine, Issue #11, Winter 2014, page 41 (approx.):
blackjack
blackjack
English
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Noun
blackjack (plural blackjacks)
- (card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
- (card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
- 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).
- 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.
- Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
- A blackjack oak.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.20:
- A steep slope rose, crested by stunted blackjacks.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.20:
Translations
Gambling card game
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Flag traditionally flown by pirate ships
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Verb
blackjack (third-person singular simple present blackjacks, present participle blackjacking, simple past and past participle blackjacked)
- To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.