word
Stops
Stahps
/ˈstɑːps/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
stops
Dictionary meaning
A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace, king, queen, and jack of separate suits taken from a separate deck; A player plays the lowest card of a suit in the hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card.
Examples
- I lost all my money playing stops.
Synonyms: boodle
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