HyperDic: stops

English > 1 sense of the word stops:
NOUNactstops, Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodlea 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)
stops > pronunciation
Soundsstaa'ps
Rhymeshops ... tops: 6 rhymes with aaps...
English > stops: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA 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.
SynonymsMichigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle
Broadercard game, cardsA game / game played with playing cards
CatalanChicago

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