Blackjack

Definitions: Blackjack

Blackjack

Noun

1. A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad 3-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets.

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

3. A card game in which the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the bank up to but not exceeding 21.

Verb

1. Exert pressure on someone through threats.

Date "blackjack" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Blackjack

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	Yellow, brown or black isometric mineral which is dimorphous with wurtzite and often contains manganese, arsenic, cadmium, and other elements. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography	The bottom of the river channel situated between the banks. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Thin stratum of coal interbeding with layers of slate; slaty coal with a high ash content. Source: European Union. (references)
	A. A thin stratum of coal interbedded with layers of slate; a slaty coal with a high ash content b. A syn. of sphalerite, esp. a dark variety. See also:sphaleri. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Blackjack

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

''This article is about the casino game of blackjack. For other uses of the word see Blackjack (disambiguation).

Blackjack, also known as twenty-one, is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Much of its popularity is due to the mix of chance with an element of skill and decision making that is involved, and the publicity that surrounds the practice of card counting, in which players can win money by making betting and strategy decisions based on the cards that have been dealt. Casinos strongly frown upon card counting, but it is a difficult skill to master and few players are successful at it.

Rules

In blackjack, the players bet against the house dealer, rather than against each other. The goal of each player is to have a higher point total than the dealer without going over 21. The values of the cards in any given person's hand are added with 2 through 10 having face value, Ace having value 1 or 11, and King, Jack, and Queen cards having the value 10. If the player and the dealer both have the same point value, this is known as a "push", and neither player wins the hand.

After initial bets are placed, the dealer deals out the cards (either from a single hand-held deck of cards, or more commonly from a shoe containing four or more decks): two cards to each player, including himself. One of the dealer's two cards is visible, the other hidden (the hidden card is known as the "hole card"; in European blackjack, the hole card is not actually dealt until the players all play their hands). The cards of the players are dealt either face up or face down, depending on local casino practice; face up is the most common. At this point, if any player has a "natural" 21 (an Ace with any 10-count card), he is immediately paid 3:2 (most of the time: see Basic Strategy below) for his bet, unless the dealer also has a natural, which is a push. If the dealer has a natural, all players without a natual lose immediately; they do not get a chance to further improve their hands.

If the dealer does not have a natural, then one by one the dealer gives each player the option of asking for more cards (called "taking a hit") or staying with his current total (called "standing" or "holding"). The player may continue to ask for more cards, one by one, until he has either gone over 21 ("a bust"), or he is satisfied with the cards that he has. In addition, depending on what cards the player holds, and depending on the rules in effect at the table, the player may have the option of performing certain special plays (described below). If the player busts (takes a hit that put him over 21), he immediately loses the bet. Once all the players have finished making their decisions, the dealer then reveals the hidden "hole" card and may or may not draw additional cards. The decision of whether to draw more cards is not up to the dealer's discretion; it depends only on the point total that the dealer holds. If the dealer has less than 17, he draws another card, and continues to draw more cards until having a value equal to or greater than 17. If the dealer busts, then all remaining players win. Bets are normally paid out at the odds of 1:1. Casino rules vary on whether the dealer takes a hit when holding a "soft" 17 (that is, a hand such as an Ace with a six, which can be counted as either 7 or 17). In Atlantic City, all dealers will stand on a soft 17. In other areas, this is up to the individual casino.

If the first two cards form a total of 21, this is a special case known as "blackjack" or "natural". The player who gets blackjack receives a better payout of 3:2. However, if the dealer and the player both receive blackjack, then this is a push.

Special plays

Casinos often offer variations on the rules which add to the player's gambling opportunies during the course of play. The most common of these are:

Pair splitting. If the player has two identical cards, she may place an additional bet of equal value and play two hands instead of one, using each of the two cards as the start of a hand. Any two 10-count cards are considered a pair, and so may be split. In most casinos, if one splits a pair of Aces, one receives second card to each, but can make no further plays on either hand.
Doubling down. The player can double his bet and receive just one more card (forfeiting the opportunity to hit further). Some casinos only let players double down if their initial point total is 11 or 10 (or in some cases 9). A few casinos allow double-after-split, where a player who has split a pair into two hand receives a second card to each may then choose to double down on those two cards.
Surrender. This rule is rare, but some casinos allow a player who has a bad hand to give up the hand and get half her bet back. Usually this option is only available if the dealer does not have a natural 21.
Insurance. If the dealer has, as his up-card, an Ace, the players are offered the option of Insurance. This is a wager which pays back 2:1, with a maximum permitted Insurance wager of half your starting wager. If the dealer has a natural, you win on the Insurance bet. This is considered a very poor option for the player; consequently, almost every casino offers it as an option.

Basic Strategy

As in most casino games, the house has a statistical advantage over the players that will play itself out in the long run. But because blackjack, unlike other games, has an element of player choice, players can actually reduce the casino advantage to just a small percentage by playing what is known as "basic strategy". This strategy determines when to hit and when to stand, and also determines when doubling down or splitting is the correct action. Basic strategy is based on the player's point total, and the dealer's visible card. There are slight variations in basic strategy depending on the exact house rules and the number of deck used. Under the most favorable conditions (single deck, downtown Las Vegas rules), the house advantage over a basic strategy player can be as low as 0.16%. Indeed, casinos offering special rules like surrender and double-after-split may actually be offering a positive expectation to basic strategy players; they are counting on players making mistakes to make money.

The following rules are beneficial to the player:

Doubles are permitted on any two-card hand save a blackjack.
Doubles are permitted after splitting.
Early surrender; the ability to forfeit half your wager against a face or ace before the dealer checks for blackjack
Resplitting Aces.
Drawing more than one card against a split Ace.
Five or more card automatic wins ("Charlies")

The follwing rules are detrimental to the player:

Less than 3-2 payout on blackjacks (as is the case with Las Vegas Strip single-deck blackjack, paying out 6:5)
Splitting a maximum of once (two hands)
Double down restricted to certain totals, such as 9-11 or 10,11
Aces may not be resplit
No-Peek (European) blackjack - player loses splits and doubles to a dealer blackjack
Player losing ties

Basic Strategy Tables

Your Hand	Dealer's face-up card
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
Hard totals
17-21	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
13-16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
12	H	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
9	D	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
5-8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Soft totals
A,8-10	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,7	S	D	D	D	D	S	S	H	H	H
A,6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,4-5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,2-3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
Pairs
A,A 88	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
10,10	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
9,9	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	S	SP	SP	S	S
7,7	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H
6,6	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
2,2 3,3	H	H	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H

The above is a basic strategy table for 1 deck, Las Vegas Strip rules. Key : S=Stand, H=Hit, D=Double, Sp=Split.

(Should add a basic strategy table 4 decks?)

Card Counting

Unlike casino games such as Roulette and Craps where the outcome of one play has no effect on any future play, a hand of blackjack depletes the deck of the cards used in that hand, and this can alter the probability or certain events occurring on the next deal. Specifically, if the remaining cards have a higher proportion of 10-count cards and Aces than normal, it is more likely that a player will be dealt a natural, which is to the player's advantage (yes, it's also more likely for the dealer to get a natural--but the dealer only wins even money, while the player is paid 3:2). When the deck has more small cards like 4s, 5s, and 6s; it is more likely that the player will be dealt a bad hand and bust, favoring the dealer (likewise, they increase the chance of a dealer bust as well, but when the player busts, the dealer wins even if he later busts himself).

Because the house advantage in blackjack is so small to begin with, it is quite common for a deck that happens to be "rich" in 10-counts and Aces to offer a positive expecation to the player on the next hand. By keeping track of the cards played, a player can take advantage of these situations by betting larger amounts when the deck is in his favor, and smaller amounts when it is not. In the long run, the deck will be unfavorable to the player as often as it is favorable, but it is the amount bet under each condition that counts. The player can also use information about the deck's composition to alter strategy. For example, basic strategy calls for hitting a 16 when the dealer's upcard is a 10, but this is a very close play; one loses less by hitting than standing, but not by much. If it is known, however, that the deck is depleted of small cards like 4s and 5s, and rich in 10s, that may alter the odds in favor of standing.

Most card counting schemes assign a positive, negative, or zero point value to the each card in the deck. Normally, low value cards, such as a 2 or 3, are given a positive value, and 10s are given a negaitive value. The exact number assigned to the cards depend on the specific card counting method in use. The card counter keeps a running tally of the point values as they are dealt. In order to make the count an accurate representation of the percentage of "good" cards left in the deck, this running tally must normally be divided by a factor based on the counter's estimate of the number of undealt cards that are left (so-called unbalanced counts, do not require this additional adjustment, because that is factored into the count).

If the tally is a sufficiently high, the counter can increase his or her bet, and also may make modifications to basic strategy. All of these calculations must be accurate, at the same time that the dealer and other players may be talking to him, and it must be done in such a way that the casino does not notice that any counting is taking place, in order to avoid facing casino countermeasures.

In addition, a card counter can play the Insurance bet if the count of faces is sufficiently high with potentially an advantage over the house.

Counting schemes which assign point values of -1, 0, or +1 are called level one counts, and are considered the easiest to perform. Slightly greater accuracy, at the cost of increased difficulty and likelihood of making mistakes, involves the use of multi-level counts, which assign point values of -2, +2, or greater to the various cards. This greater range of point values adds to the complication of keeping an accurate tally in one's head.

A final complication in card counting involves the issue of how to treat aces. Aces can add the lowest possible value of 1 to a player's card total, which implies that they should have a negative point count; but for purposes of getting a blackjack, they are extremely valuable to have remaining in the deck. Most counting schemes give aces a positive count, recognizing that there is a compromise involved in this process. One scheme actually assigns a zero value to aces, and requires the counter to keep a separate side count of aces.

(Need references to Thorpe, Uston, Snyder, etc.)

Casinos can counter card counting by using large numbers of decks in dealing cards or by frequently shuffling the cards. However, casinos dislike this because it reduces the amount of time that the non-card counting players are playing and consequently losing money to the house. Casinos also look out for known card counters, who may be banned from play depending on regulatory commission rules, as well as look for suspicious actions such as a long series of small bets followed by large one.

Many casual card counters make small mistakes that cost the advantage they gain by counting. Two or three mistakes per hour may give back all of the counter's advantage. Even if you can count perfectly when practicing at home, it is much more difficult in an actual casino. The Nevada casinos only ban the really skilled counters playing for medium or high stakes; other states' casinos lack the ability to bar players, and may alter the game's dynamic against card counters by raising the minimum or lowering the limit on a table with a suspected counter, or by reshuffling sooner than the normal end of the shoe if they think that the player is offering a large bet on a positive count. (In these states, only the state gaming regulatory commission has the ability to bar people from casinos. Nevada also maintains such a list, and these lists are often shared amongst the various casinos and state regulators.)

There have been some high-profile lawsuits involving whether or not the casino is allowed to bar card-counters. Essentially, card-counting, if done in your head and with no outside assistance with devices or additional people, is not illegal (they can't arrest anyone for working in their own head). Using an outside aid, though, is illegal. However, the casinos really dislike counters, and if permitted by their juristiction may ban you from their casino; in Nevada, where the casinos are ruled to be private places, the only prerequisite to a ban is the full reading of the Trespass Act to ban you for life. Some really skilled counters try to disguise their identities and playing habits; however, facial recognition software in use by casinos can often match up a camouflaged face with a banned one.

Most casinos now hire a consulting firm to help them track/discipline card counters. The consulting firm does many quasi-legal or illegal things to discourage counters. The IRS may be tipped off to unreported gambling income. Organized crime may be informed of the identities of the counters; since counters carry large quantities of chips and cash, they are good targets for theft. The consulting firm may arrange for the card counters to be beaten. Since the consulting firm is doing it, and not the casino, the casino is not liable for the consultant's actions. In any event, the consulting firm is very careful that no proof of its activities is available. Such accusations are recorded in various books written by former card counters.

The other casino games where a player can get an advantage is on certain advantageous video poker machines, especially when there is a large progressive jackpot, and regular poker tables, where the players wager against each other instead of the house and a skilled player can win with more frequency.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blackjack."

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Synonyms: Blackjack

Synonyms: blackjack oak (n), cosh (n), jack oak (n), sap (n), twenty-one (n), vingt-et-un (n), blackmail (v), pressure (v). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: black-jack (european union, military & defenseminingchemistry), life-preserver (european union, military & defense).

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Synonyms within Context: Blackjack

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Amusement	Cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique, euchre, drole, ecarte, picquet, allfours, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston, boaston; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun; quinze, thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor; baccarat.
Arms	Club, mace, truncheon, staff, bludgeon, cudgel, life preserver, shillelah, sprig; hand staff, quarter staff; bat, cane, stick, knuckle duster; billy, blackjack, sandbag, waddy.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Blackjack

English words defined with "blackjack": blackjack oak ♦ gambling, gaming ♦ play. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Blackjack" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (blackjack), Serbo-Croatian (cosh).

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Modern Usage: Blackjack

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Marge, I wanna be a blackjack dealer. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) And blackjack! In fact, forget the theme park! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) So there I was at the Blackjack table with all my wash 'n' dries did I tell you I had they idea for them first? (Night Shift; writing credit: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel) No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. (King of New York; writing credit: Nicholas St. John)
Movie/TV Titles	Desperado Blackjack Ketchum (1956) BlackJack (2003) Vegas 5: Blackjack (1991) Telly Savalas: The ABCs of Winning Blackjack (1990) Winning at Blackjack with Bobby Singer (1987)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Blackjack

Domain	Title
Books	Blackjack Bluebook: The Right Stuff for the Serious Player (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Blackjack Confidential (reference) Blackjack Forum (reference) Daltons Blackjack Review (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Blackjack (reference) Blackjack - Deal Me In (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Blackjack David (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Travel Vegas(TM) Blackjack Handheld Game (246718) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Blackjack

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Photo Album: Blackjack

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Blackjack Mine, Galena, Ill.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Sounds Captioned with "Blackjack".

Play	Caption
	Gambling; cards; shuffling; shuffle; playing cards; gamble; poker; blackjack.
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Usage Frequency: Blackjack

"Blackjack" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.65% of the time. "Blackjack" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.65%	22	74,468
Noun (proper)	4.35%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	23	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Blackjack

Expressions using "blackjack": blackjack oak ♦ Caribbean blackjack. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "blackjack": blackjack-cards.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Blackjack

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
big blackjack.com money	2
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Modern Translations: Blackjack

Language		Translations for "blackjack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		blendë, shkop polici (baton, Billy, truncheon), njëzetenjësh, flamur piratësh. (various references)

Arabic		‏هراوة (bat, billy, bludgeon, club, cudgel, singlestick, stave, truncheon), ‏لعبة ورق (pack), ‏إبريق للجعة, ‏راية القرصان. (various references)

Bulgarian		черно пиратско знаме (the jolly roger), кожена кана за вино, горена захар, вид палка с тежка черна топка, дребен североамерикански дъб, двадесет и едно. (various references)

Chinese		大�'杯 (Black-jack). (various references)

Czech		pirátská vlajka. (various references)

Danish		zinkblende (black jack, blende, sphalerite), totenschlaeger (life-preserver), falsk blyglans (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende). (various references)

Dutch		blende (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), sfaleriet (black jack, blende, sphalerite), goedendag (good day, life-preserver). (various references)

Farsi		چماق یاشلاق چرمی , بزوروباتهدیدمجبوربانجامکاری , باچماق یاشلاق زدن . (various references)

Finnish		sinkkivälke (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), pehmeä hiilipitoinen savi (black jack), kennelhiilen laji (black jack). (various references)

French		blende obscure (black jack), blende (blende, zinc blende), sphalérite (black jack, blende, zinc blende), pseudogalène (blende, zinc blende), pichet, pavillon noir, matraquer (bludgeon), matraque (bludgeon), fausse galène (blende, zinc blende), assommoir. (various references)

German		Zinkblende (black jack, blende, sphalerite), Totschlaeger (life-preserver), totschläger (club, cosh, cudgel, homicide, killer, killers, manslayer, truncheon), schwarze piratenflagge, prügeln (baste, beat, birching, caning, flog, fustigate, thrash, to cudgel, to fustigate), lederner trinkbecher, fehlerhafter Galenit (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), fehlerhafter Bleiglanz (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), falscher Galenit (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), falscher Bleiglanz (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende). (various references)

Greek		κοντό ρόπαλο δεμένο με λουρί, ρόπαλο (bat, bludgeon, club, cudgel, life-preserver, shillelah, truncheon), γαληνίτης (blende, false galena, galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende). (various references)

Hungarian		blackjack, huszonegy (twenty-one), gumibot (baton, billy, billy club, cosh, nightstick, truncheon). (various references)

Indonesian		bercabut (drawn), pentung polisi. (various references)

Italian		blenda (black jack, blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), sfalerite (black jack, blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), mazza piombata (life-preserver), manganello (Billy, cosh). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ブラウン管 (black, Black Africa, black box, black chamber, black coffee, black comedy, black ghetto, black hole, black humor, black journalism, black magic, black market, black Monday, black money, Black Panther, black pepper, Black Power, black shaft, black tie, blacklist, blackout, bland, blank, blanket, blanket area, blood bank, blood elite, bra, bra cup, bracket, Brad Pitt, branch, brand, brand image, brand loyalty, brandy, brass, brass-band, brasserie, brassie, brassiere, Bratislava, bravo, Brazil, brothers, brunch, brush, brush back pitch, brushy, Brussels, cathode-ray tube). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ブラックジャック . (various references)

Pig Latin		ackjackblay

Portuguese		blenda (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), porrete (club, cuddy), moca (life-preserver), jogo de vinte-e-um, caramelo (bonbon, candy, caramel, cream candy, lozenge, nicy, sweet, toffee). (various references)

Russian		кувшин для пива, пиратский флаг (jolly roger), дубинка (billy, billy club, club, knobstick, lathee, nightstick, shillelagh, truncheon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mešina (paunch, skinful), mašina za kockanje. (various references)

Spanish		veintiuna (pontoon). (various references)

Swedish		batong (baton, cosh, rapper, truncheon), zinkblände (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende), ungt dåligt kol,skiffrigt kol (black jack), sjörövarflagga (jolly roger), sfalerit (blende, false galena, jack, mock lead, mock ore, pseudogalena, sphalerite, steel jack, zinc blende). (various references)

Thai		เกมไพ่ชนิ�"หนึ่ง. (various references)

Turkish		yirmibir oyunu (pontoon), korsan bayrağı (black flag, jolly roger, the jolly roger), coplamak (bludgeon, cosh, strike with a truncheon), copla vurmak, cop (baton, Billy, bludgeon, cosh, nightstick, sap, truncheon). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Blackjack

Derivations
	Words beginning with "blackjack": blackjacked, blackjacking, blackjacks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Blackjack" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blackback. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Blackjack"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "blackjack" (pronounced bla"kja'k)
3	-j a' k	Crackerjack, hijack, Lumberjack, skipjack.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Blackjack

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-j-k-k-l"
	-3 letters: jackal.
	-4 letters: aback, alack, bacca, black, cabal, clack, jacal.
	-5 letters: alba, baal, back, balk, caca, calk, jack, kaka, lack.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-j-k-k-l"
	+1 letter: blackjacks.
	+2 letters: blackjacked.
	+3 letters: blackjacking.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.