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Definition of craps in English:

craps

plural noun krapskræps
  • treated as singular A gambling game played with two dice, chiefly in North America. A throw of 7 or 11 is a winning throw, 2, 3, or 12 is a losing throw.

    克拉普斯,双骰子赌博戏(主要见于北美;掷出7或13点为胜,1, 3或12点为负,其他点需重掷)。亦见 CRAP2

    See also crap
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even as a kid he ran playground card and craps games and hustled pool.
    • Again, you have nothing to lose by attempting to alter the nature of a craps game by controlled shooting.
    • Soon it became the biggest craps game in town, and I became the target of local competitors and authorities.
    • Blackjack is the only game in town, because unlike roulette or craps, what has gone before will influence what is about to happen.
    • At five, her father taught her how to throw craps, the gambling dice game.
    • They passed the time by smoking cigarettes and shooting craps.
    • Turned loose, boys would amuse themselves shooting craps, watching prostitutes, and learning the ways of the street.
    • Hamilton doesn't play fair, either in a friendly game of football, or on his craps table, cheating the customers.
    • All that whooping and shouting around a craps table that goes on in American films looks very lively and exciting, but I've never seen anything like it in a British casino.
    • Learn how to better handle blackjack, craps, and slot machines when you take your hard earned money into the casino, and you might just have some of it in your pocket when you leave.
    • Women wearing ripped-up fishnets and fuchsia-pink Mohawks blew kisses on the dice at the craps table.
    • When she's not writing, she's reading, playing piano, or attempting to telekinetically control dice in the game of craps.
    • On my way to dinner I played a little craps (not really my game, but I wanted to throw the dice and ended up making five points before sevening out), then had my first ever filet mignon.
    • Are you interested in being able to control the dice at craps?
    • Your good fortune extends beyond winning at craps.
    • He had a very lucky run during a craps game and turned $20 into $6400.
    • It excludes slot machines, blackjack, craps, roulette, and other traditional casino games.
    • He shook the coins in his hand like they were dice in a game of craps as he walked to a nearby phone booth.
    • Yes, there were craps games floating through the neighborhood.
    • Peter was too busy hanging out with the guys and losing at craps to notice her absences.

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps from crab1 or crab's eyes, denoting the lowest throw (two ones) at dice.

Rhymes

apse, collapse, elapse, lapse, perhaps, schnapps

Definition of craps in US English:

craps

plural nounkrapskræps
  • treated as singular A gambling game played with two dice, chiefly in North America. A throw of 7 or 11 is a winning throw, 2, 3, or 12 is a losing throw; any other throw must be repeated.

    克拉普斯,双骰子赌博戏(主要见于北美;掷出7或13点为胜,1, 3或12点为负,其他点需重掷)。亦见 CRAP2

    See also crap
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It excludes slot machines, blackjack, craps, roulette, and other traditional casino games.
    • Yes, there were craps games floating through the neighborhood.
    • Are you interested in being able to control the dice at craps?
    • On my way to dinner I played a little craps (not really my game, but I wanted to throw the dice and ended up making five points before sevening out), then had my first ever filet mignon.
    • When she's not writing, she's reading, playing piano, or attempting to telekinetically control dice in the game of craps.
    • All that whooping and shouting around a craps table that goes on in American films looks very lively and exciting, but I've never seen anything like it in a British casino.
    • Peter was too busy hanging out with the guys and losing at craps to notice her absences.
    • At five, her father taught her how to throw craps, the gambling dice game.
    • Turned loose, boys would amuse themselves shooting craps, watching prostitutes, and learning the ways of the street.
    • Your good fortune extends beyond winning at craps.
    • He had a very lucky run during a craps game and turned $20 into $6400.
    • Even as a kid he ran playground card and craps games and hustled pool.
    • Blackjack is the only game in town, because unlike roulette or craps, what has gone before will influence what is about to happen.
    • Women wearing ripped-up fishnets and fuchsia-pink Mohawks blew kisses on the dice at the craps table.
    • Again, you have nothing to lose by attempting to alter the nature of a craps game by controlled shooting.
    • Hamilton doesn't play fair, either in a friendly game of football, or on his craps table, cheating the customers.
    • Soon it became the biggest craps game in town, and I became the target of local competitors and authorities.
    • Learn how to better handle blackjack, craps, and slot machines when you take your hard earned money into the casino, and you might just have some of it in your pocket when you leave.
    • They passed the time by smoking cigarettes and shooting craps.
    • He shook the coins in his hand like they were dice in a game of craps as he walked to a nearby phone booth.

Origin

Early 19th century: perhaps from crab or crab's eyes, denoting the lowest throw (two ones) at dice.

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