twenty-one

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twenty-one

A player carefully considers their cards in a game of twenty-one.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A card game: A gambling game, also commonly called blackjack, where players aim to achieve a hand value closer to 21 than the dealer's without exceeding it.
    • The natural number: The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one; represented as 21.

  2. Adjective:

    • Quantity: Being one more than twenty; the ordinal form is "twenty-first."
Usage Examples

  • Noun (Card Game):

    • They spent the evening playing twenty-one at the casino.
    • The basic strategy for twenty-one involves knowing when to hit or stand.

  • Noun (Number):

    • Twenty-one is considered the age of majority in many countries.
    • The answer to the equation is twenty-one.

  • Adjective:

    • She has twenty-one books on the shelf.
    • The team scored twenty-one points in the final quarter.
Advanced Usage

  • "To come of age at twenty-one": To reach the legal age of adulthood, which is 21 in some jurisdictions.

    • In the United States, you can legally purchase alcohol once you come of age at twenty-one.

  • "Twenty-one-gun salute": A ceremonial honor performed by firing cannons or artillery.

    • The visiting head of state received a twenty-one-gun salute.
Variants and Related Words

  • Blackjack: A common synonym for the card game twenty-one.

    • Blackjack and twenty-one are the same game.

  • Twenty-first: The ordinal form of the number.

    • She celebrated her twenty-first birthday.
Synonyms
  • Blackjack: For the card game.
  • Score of twenty-one: In the context of the number, particularly in sports.
Related Phrases

  • "Hit twenty-one": In the card game, to draw a card that makes the hand's total value equal to 21.

    • He drew an ace to hit twenty-one and win the hand.

  • "Bust at twenty-one": In the card game, to exceed a total of 21, resulting in an automatic loss.

    • Be careful not to bust at twenty-one if the dealer is showing a weak card.
Related Idioms
  • "Twenty-one questions": A parlour game where one person thinks of an object and others ask up to twenty-one yes-or-no questions to identify it.
    • We played twenty-one questions to pass the time on the road.
twenty-one

A player carefully considers their cards in a game of twenty-one.

Noun
  1. a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21
  2. the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one
Adjective
  1. being one more than twenty

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