# blackjack
## English
### Alternative forms

* black jack, black-jack

### Etymology

* black +‎ jack

### Pronunciation

* enPR: blăk'jăk, IPA: /ˈblækd͡ʒæk/

### Noun

blackjack (countable and uncountable, plural blackjacks)
* (card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
    Synonyms: pontoon, twenty-one, vingt-et-un
* (card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
* (card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).
* (card games) A variant of hearts where the Jack of Spades is the penalty card.
* The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).
* (weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
    Coordinate terms: baton, cosh, sap
** 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 131:The pain is sometimes like the dull, heavy thud of being hit with a lead-filled blackjack; other times like a wizard is reaching deep below the skin and ripping muscles, tendons, and nerves.
* (aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.
* Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
* Ellipsis of blackjack oak.
** 1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 23:A little creek ran through the land, and the prairie rolled a little there, too. Nothing but blackjacks for miles around it, but on that section, because of the water, I suppose, there were elms and persimmons and cottonwoods and even a grove of pecans.
** 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 20:A steep slope rose, crested by stunted blackjacks.
* Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.
** 1859, Henry Ward Beecher, Plain and Pleasant Talk about Fruits, Flowers, and Farming, page 216:This man had a brother about six miles off, settled on a rich White River bottom-land farm -- and while a blackjack clay soil yielded seventy bushels to the acre, this fine bottom-land would not average fifty.
** 1884, United States Census Office, Census Reports: Tenth Census: June 1, 1880: Cotton production in the United States, page 20:Blackjack soil is generally the poorest of all; it covers the narrow and rocky ridges, and has a stunted growth of blackjack and post oaks. The soil is dark in color, thin and cold, and is underlaid with pale yellow or slate-colored clay.
** 1911, Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils, page 1871:The predominant soil is the blackjack soil like that of the lower plateaus, seemingly, however, in most cases a little more sandy and a little coarser in grain.
** 2010, Gary Mark Fleeger, Steven J. Whitmeyer, The Mid-Atlantic Shore to the Appalachian Highlands: Field Trip Guidebook for the 2010 Joint Meeting of the Northeastern and Southeastern GSA Sections, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, page 48:Today, most types of land development in areas underlain by Iredell and related “blackjack” soil series—a catch-all term for Jackland, Whitestore, Orange, Zion, and other high shrink-swell clayey soils—is generally discouraged.
** 2011, Michael Eury, Concord, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN:Cotton grew robustly in western Cabarrus County's blackjack soil, pointing Concord beyond its agricultural base toward its first industry: textiles.
* (pharmacology, UK, Australia, rare) Ammonium bituminosulfonate.
** 1914 October 11, The Sunday Times, Perth, Australia, page 1, column 9:"Next!" steps gingerly in to confront the medical eye fastened questioningly upon him. "Crook in the guts," he says tersely. The picturesque reports of previously treated and disgusted patients - have left him doubtful, and he casts, an anathematising eye upon the "Black Jack" bottle. "Tabloids and duty!" says the doctor, and the sufferer sighs with relief.
** 2010 October 19, John Davies, birminghamhistory.co.uk‎:I remember Black Jack very well and actually like the smell. It is no longer available with that trade name but glycerine of ichthammol can still be bought in chemists.
** 2008 September 19, stef240377, MoneySavingExpert.com‎:Used to be called Black Jack think my mom had an ancient jar in her medicine cupboard.

#### Derived terms

* with blackjack and hookers

#### Descendants

* → Polish: blackjack

#### Translations
### Verb

blackjack (third-person singular simple present blackjacks, present participle blackjacking, simple past and past participle blackjacked)
* To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
** 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 233:“We cannot have you getting blackjacked and bound yet again.”

### See also

* baccarat
* bludgeon
* cosh
* pontoon
* truncheon
* twenty-one

### Further reading

* blackjack on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* blackjack (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English blackjack.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblækdʒæk/, [ˈblæk.dʒæk]
* Rhymes: -ækdʒæk

### Noun

blackjack
* blackjack (card game)
* blackjack (hand in that game)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of blackjack (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackini
blackjackini
accusative
nom.
blackjackini
blackjackini
gen.
blackjackini
genitive
blackjackini
blackjackieni
partitive
blackjackiäni
blackjackejäni
inessive
blackjackissäni
blackjackeissäni
elative
blackjackistäni
blackjackeistäni
illative
blackjackiini
blackjackeihini
adessive
blackjackilläni
blackjackeilläni
ablative
blackjackiltäni
blackjackeiltäni
allative
blackjackilleni
blackjackeilleni
essive
blackjackinäni
blackjackeinäni
translative
blackjackikseni
blackjackeikseni
abessive
blackjackittäni
blackjackeittäni
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackisi
blackjackisi
accusative
nom.
blackjackisi
blackjackisi
gen.
blackjackisi
genitive
blackjackisi
blackjackiesi
partitive
blackjackiäsi
blackjackejäsi
inessive
blackjackissäsi
blackjackeissäsi
elative
blackjackistäsi
blackjackeistäsi
illative
blackjackiisi
blackjackeihisi
adessive
blackjackilläsi
blackjackeilläsi
ablative
blackjackiltäsi
blackjackeiltäsi
allative
blackjackillesi
blackjackeillesi
essive
blackjackinäsi
blackjackeinäsi
translative
blackjackiksesi
blackjackeiksesi
abessive
blackjackittäsi
blackjackeittäsi
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackimme
blackjackimme
accusative
nom.
blackjackimme
blackjackimme
gen.
blackjackimme
genitive
blackjackimme
blackjackiemme
partitive
blackjackiämme
blackjackejämme
inessive
blackjackissämme
blackjackeissämme
elative
blackjackistämme
blackjackeistämme
illative
blackjackiimme
blackjackeihimme
adessive
blackjackillämme
blackjackeillämme
ablative
blackjackiltämme
blackjackeiltämme
allative
blackjackillemme
blackjackeillemme
essive
blackjackinämme
blackjackeinämme
translative
blackjackiksemme
blackjackeiksemme
abessive
blackjackittämme
blackjackeittämme
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackinne
blackjackinne
accusative
nom.
blackjackinne
blackjackinne
gen.
blackjackinne
genitive
blackjackinne
blackjackienne
partitive
blackjackiänne
blackjackejänne
inessive
blackjackissänne
blackjackeissänne
elative
blackjackistänne
blackjackeistänne
illative
blackjackiinne
blackjackeihinne
adessive
blackjackillänne
blackjackeillänne
ablative
blackjackiltänne
blackjackeiltänne
allative
blackjackillenne
blackjackeillenne
essive
blackjackinänne
blackjackeinänne
translative
blackjackiksenne
blackjackeiksenne
abessive
blackjackittänne
blackjackeittänne
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackinsä
blackjackinsä
accusative
nom.
blackjackinsä
blackjackinsä
gen.
blackjackinsä
genitive
blackjackinsä
blackjackiensä
partitive
blackjackiään blackjackiänsä
blackjackejään blackjackejänsä
inessive
blackjackissään blackjackissänsä
blackjackeissään blackjackeissänsä
elative
blackjackistään blackjackistänsä
blackjackeistään blackjackeistänsä
illative
blackjackiinsä
blackjackeihinsä
adessive
blackjackillään blackjackillänsä
blackjackeillään blackjackeillänsä
ablative
blackjackiltään blackjackiltänsä
blackjackeiltään blackjackeiltänsä
allative
blackjackilleen blackjackillensä
blackjackeilleen blackjackeillensä
essive
blackjackinään blackjackinänsä
blackjackeinään blackjackeinänsä
translative
blackjackikseen blackjackiksensä
blackjackeikseen blackjackeiksensä
abessive
blackjackittään blackjackittänsä
blackjackeittään blackjackeittänsä
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeineen blackjackeinensä :
or
Possessive forms of blackjack (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackini
blackjackini
accusative
nom.
blackjackini
blackjackini
gen.
blackjackini
genitive
blackjackini
blackjackieni
partitive
blackjackiani
blackjackejani
inessive
blackjackissani
blackjackeissani
elative
blackjackistani
blackjackeistani
illative
blackjackiini
blackjackeihini
adessive
blackjackillani
blackjackeillani
ablative
blackjackiltani
blackjackeiltani
allative
blackjackilleni
blackjackeilleni
essive
blackjackinani
blackjackeinani
translative
blackjackikseni
blackjackeikseni
abessive
blackjackittani
blackjackeittani
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackisi
blackjackisi
accusative
nom.
blackjackisi
blackjackisi
gen.
blackjackisi
genitive
blackjackisi
blackjackiesi
partitive
blackjackiasi
blackjackejasi
inessive
blackjackissasi
blackjackeissasi
elative
blackjackistasi
blackjackeistasi
illative
blackjackiisi
blackjackeihisi
adessive
blackjackillasi
blackjackeillasi
ablative
blackjackiltasi
blackjackeiltasi
allative
blackjackillesi
blackjackeillesi
essive
blackjackinasi
blackjackeinasi
translative
blackjackiksesi
blackjackeiksesi
abessive
blackjackittasi
blackjackeittasi
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackimme
blackjackimme
accusative
nom.
blackjackimme
blackjackimme
gen.
blackjackimme
genitive
blackjackimme
blackjackiemme
partitive
blackjackiamme
blackjackejamme
inessive
blackjackissamme
blackjackeissamme
elative
blackjackistamme
blackjackeistamme
illative
blackjackiimme
blackjackeihimme
adessive
blackjackillamme
blackjackeillamme
ablative
blackjackiltamme
blackjackeiltamme
allative
blackjackillemme
blackjackeillemme
essive
blackjackinamme
blackjackeinamme
translative
blackjackiksemme
blackjackeiksemme
abessive
blackjackittamme
blackjackeittamme
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackinne
blackjackinne
accusative
nom.
blackjackinne
blackjackinne
gen.
blackjackinne
genitive
blackjackinne
blackjackienne
partitive
blackjackianne
blackjackejanne
inessive
blackjackissanne
blackjackeissanne
elative
blackjackistanne
blackjackeistanne
illative
blackjackiinne
blackjackeihinne
adessive
blackjackillanne
blackjackeillanne
ablative
blackjackiltanne
blackjackeiltanne
allative
blackjackillenne
blackjackeillenne
essive
blackjackinanne
blackjackeinanne
translative
blackjackiksenne
blackjackeiksenne
abessive
blackjackittanne
blackjackeittanne
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
blackjackinsa
blackjackinsa
accusative
nom.
blackjackinsa
blackjackinsa
gen.
blackjackinsa
genitive
blackjackinsa
blackjackiensa
partitive
blackjackiaan blackjackiansa
blackjackejaan blackjackejansa
inessive
blackjackissaan blackjackissansa
blackjackeissaan blackjackeissansa
elative
blackjackistaan blackjackistansa
blackjackeistaan blackjackeistansa
illative
blackjackiinsa
blackjackeihinsa
adessive
blackjackillaan blackjackillansa
blackjackeillaan blackjackeillansa
ablative
blackjackiltaan blackjackiltansa
blackjackeiltaan blackjackeiltansa
allative
blackjackilleen blackjackillensa
blackjackeilleen blackjackeillensa
essive
blackjackinaan blackjackinansa
blackjackeinaan blackjackeinansa
translative
blackjackikseen blackjackiksensa
blackjackeikseen blackjackeiksensa
abessive
blackjackittaan blackjackittansa
blackjackeittaan blackjackeittansa
instructive
comitative
—blackjackeineen blackjackeinensa :

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* black jack

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blackjack.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɛɡˈd͡ʐɛk/
* Rhymes: -ɛk
* Syllabification: black‧jack

### Noun

blackjack m animal
* (card games) blackjack (common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* blackjack in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* blackjack in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Noun

blackjack m (plural blackjacks)
* blackjack (card game)

### Further reading

* “blackjack”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10