NOUN | act | stops, Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle | a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck) |
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Sounds | staa'ps | |
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Rhymes | hops ... tops: 6 rhymes with aaps... |
Meaning | A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card. | |
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Synonyms | Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle | |
Broader | card game, cards | A game / game played with playing cards |
Catalan | Chicago |
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