all fours

Thân thiện

A player wins a trick by taking the jack on all fours.

Definition

Noun 1. A card game for two or more players: "All fours" is the name of a traditional card game. The objective is to score points by winning specific tricks: the highest trump card played, the lowest trump card played, the jack of trumps, and the game (a majority of points from card values in tricks won).

Usage

• "All fours" is used as a proper noun to name the specific game. It is typically treated as a singular noun.
• Example: "After dinner, they played a few hands of all fours."

Advanced Usage

• The name "all fours" originates from the four scoring opportunities in the game: High, Low, Jack, and Game.
• The game is also historically known as "Seven Up" or "Old Sledge" in some regions.

Variants and Related Words

• High-low-jack: A phrase sometimes used to describe the core scoring elements of the game, or similar games derived from "all fours".

Synonyms

• Seven Up
• Old Sledge

Notes

• This term is almost exclusively used to refer to the card game. It is not commonly used in other contexts or as a phrasal verb.

Học thuật

Noun

1. card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game

Từ đồng nghĩa

• high-low-jack