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black·jack I. \ˈblakˌjak\ noun (-s) Etymology: black (I) + jack (jacket) archaic Scotland : a black leather jerkin II. noun (-s) 1. [black (I) + jack (vessel)] : a capacious vessel for beer or ale usually of tar-coated leather 2. or black jack [black (I) + jack (man); from its presence in lead ore, considered by the miners an impish intrusion of a worthless substance] : sphalerite 3. [black (I) + jack (bird)] : any of several dark-colored No. American ducks: as a. : scaup duck b. : black duck a c. : ruddy duck 4. [black (I) + jack (instrument)] : a small striking weapon typically consisting at the striking end of a leather-enclosed piece of lead or other heavy metal and at the handle end of a strap or springy shaft that increases the force of impact 5. or blackjack oak [so called from the club-shaped leaves] : a common often somewhat scrubby oak (Quercus marilandica) of the southeastern and southern United States that has a black bark, broad-ovate leaves, and a rather large ovoid-oblong acorn and that tends to form dense thickets — called also scrub oak 6. [black (I) + jack (knave of cards)] a. : twenty-one b. : a card game identical with twenty-one except that additional rules make it possible for any player to become the dealer c. : an ace and a face card or ten received by a player as his first two cards in the game of blackjack (sense 6a or 6b) — called also natural III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to strike with a blackjack 2. : to coerce by threats or pressure |