craps

craps

C0726900 (krăps)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)1. A gambling game played with two dice in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses the bet, and a first throw of any other number (a point) must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses both the bet and the dice.2. A losing throw in this game. Also called crap².

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[Louisiana French, game of hazard, from English crabs, lowest throw in hazard, from crab or crab.]

craps

(kræps) n (usually functioning as singular) 1. (Gambling, except Cards) a gambling game using two dice, in which a player wins the bet if 7 or 11 is thrown first, and loses if 2, 3, or 12 is thrown2. (Gambling, except Cards) shoot craps to play this game[C19: probably from crabs lowest throw at dice, plural of crab¹]

craps

(kræps)

n. (usu. with a sing. v.) 1. a game in which two dice are thrown: a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses, and a first throw of any other number can be won by throwing it again without throwing a 7. 2. crap ² (def. 1). [1835–45, Amer.; appar. < French craps, variant of crabs double-ace (lowest throw at hazard) < 18th-century E slang: pl. of crab¹]

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Noun	1.	craps - expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spotsnake eyes2, II, two, deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
	2.	craps - a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dicegambling game, game of chance - a game that involves gamblingcrap game, crap shooting, crapshoot - playing crapscast, roll - the act of throwing dicenatural - (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stakeplural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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