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verb

Definition of blackjacknext
1
as in to force
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure you cannot blackjack me into going along with this

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2
as in to intimidate
to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats an extortionist trying to blackjack a shopkeeper into paying protection money

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blackjack

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noun

1
as in cup

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2
as in cane

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Recent Examples of blackjack
Verb
The casino may be able to pick up some additional money from tables, after the gaming commission in mid-March allowed craps to resume and blackjack tables to expand. — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Noun
This could lead to an increase in minimum bets at blackjack and poker tables, for example. — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 19 Feb. 2025 Not only are staple games like blackjack and roulette available. — Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blackjack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackjack
  1. force
  2. intimidate
  3. cup
  4. cane
  5. coerce
  6. bully
  7. tankard
  8. mace
Verb
  • The highlight of this movie is unambiguously the scene where De Niro, as Frank, is forced to carry his wife’s small dog into the elevator of their apartment building.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This year, the universe seems to have similar plans, with the L.A. wildfires forcing her to slow down again.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of force
Verb
  • Mushrooms are a delicious addition to recipes, but preparing them for a dish can be intimidating.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Change can be intimidating, but doing nothing is the riskiest move of all.
    — Abhijit Verekar, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of intimidate
Noun
  • To make a bleach bath, add anywhere from a quarter to a half cup of 5-6% bleach to a tub full of warm water.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The simple act of boiling water in a new kettle will leave you with between six million and eight million microplastic particles per cup, Boland and his colleagues found.
    — Marta Zaraska, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of cup
Noun
  • Injured in a fall during infancy, McCombs depended on the support of a cane for the rest of his life.
    — arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Alas, Mount Gay doesn’t grow enough cane to use in all its rums, and Single Estate is still limited to a few thousand bottles per year.
    — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of cane
Verb
  • Read more Iraq The World's Selective Outrage—Alawite Massacres in Syria Deserve Our Attention | Opinion The Asayish, Kurdistan's official security organization, regularly targets Assyrians in the Nahla Valley, coercing them to sign fake concessions.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
  • These tariffs were originally intended to pressure Mexico to step up immigration enforcement at the U.S. border, and to coerce all three countries into doing more to limit illicit fentanyl trafficking into the United States.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of coerce
Verb
  • Once back, Jérémie can’t bear to leave, and Vincent, resentful of the intruder in his mother’s house, tries to bully him out.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Earlier this month, a 13-year-old girl from Northern Kentucky took her own life after years of being bullied.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of bully
Noun
  • Force Ghosts • Raise a tankard of Weequay Pirate Brew to Michael Abels, The Acolyte’s composer.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • Old New York money probably chased a tankard from around 1710 that belonged to Henry Beekman, whose grandson, Robert Livingston, signed the Declaration of Independence.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
Definition of tankard
Noun
  • Investigators later found mace and a gun in her vehicle.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Ancient Tools Show Our Ancestors Ate a Varied Diet For the study, scientists examined maces and anvils made from basalt, a type of rock formed from rapidly cooling lava at the Earth’s surface, that ancient humans used to crack and crush plant foods.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of mace

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