Blackjack Definition–noun | 1. | a short, leather-covered club, consisting of a heavy head on a flexible handle, used as a weapon. |
| 2. | Cards.
| b. | Also called natural. (in twenty-one) an ace together with a ten or a face card as the first two cards dealt. |
| c. | a variety of twenty-one in which any player can become dealer. |
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| 4. | a small oak, Quercus marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having a nearly black bark and a wood of little value except for fuel. |
| 5. | a large drinking cup or jug for beer, ale, etc., originally made of leather coated externally with tar. Compare bombard (def. 7). | |
| 6. | caramel or burnt sugar for coloring spirits, vinegar, coffee, etc. |
| 7. | Mineralogy. a dark, iron-rich variety of sphalerite. |
–verb (used with object) | 8. | to strike or beat with a blackjack. |
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