craps
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
craps
n 1: expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both
come up showing one spot [syn: {craps}, {snake eyes}]
2: 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 dice
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crap \Crap\ (kr[a^]p), n.
1. In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which
the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the
caster loses. Also called {craps}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2. same as {excrement} and {feces}. [vulgar]
Syn: shit. [PJC]
3. nonsense; balderdash; bullshit; -- also used as an
expletive. [vulgar]
Syn: bullshit. [PJC]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "craps":
bingo, bird cage, bones, card games, cast, chuck and toss,
chuck farthing, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo, crap, crap game,
crap shooting, crooked dice, cubes, deuce, dice, die, doubleton,
fan-tan, hazard, horse racing, ivories, keno, loaded dice, lotto,
natural, nick, pair, pinball, pitch and toss, poker dice, policy,
roll, rouge et noir, roulette, shell game, shot, snake eyes,
sweepstake, sweepstakes, teeth, the numbers, the numbers game,
throw, trente-et-quarante
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