- crib·bage
- /ˈkrıbıʤ/ noun [noncount]: a card game for two players in which a special board is used to count each player's points
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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crib|bage — «KRIHB ihj», noun. a card game for two, three, or four people. The players keep score with a narrow board into which movable pegs fit. ╂[< crib, noun + age] … Useful english dictionary
crib — am·phi·crib·ral; as·crib·a·ble; crib·bage; crib·ber; crib·el·la·tae; crib·el·late; crib·ral; crib·rate; crib·ri·form; crib·rose; crib; crib·ble; crib·el·lat·ed; crib·rate·ly; … English syllables
bage — am·bage; crib·bage; plom·bage; rub·bage; cab·bage; gar·bage; … English syllables
cab|bage — cab|bage1 «KAB ihj», noun, verb, baged, bag|ing. –n. 1. a) a plant whose leaves are closely folded into a round head that grows from a short stem. Cabbage belongs to the mustard family. The most common kind is called white cabbage; red and savoy… … Useful english dictionary
cribbage — crib·bage … English syllables
cribbage — crib•bage [[t]ˈkrɪb ɪdʒ[/t]] n. gam a card game, basically for two players, in which points for certain combinations of cards are scored on a small pegboard(crib′bage board ) • Etymology: 1620–30 … From formal English to slang
Cribbage — Crib|bage [ krɪbɪdʒ], das; [engl. cribbage, zu: crib = abgelegte Karten]: meist von zwei Personen gespieltes, altes englisches Kartenspiel mit französischen Whistkarten … Universal-Lexikon
cribbage — crib|bage [ˈkrıbıdʒ] n also crib [U] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: CRIB1] a card game in which players show how many points they have by putting small pieces of wood in holes in a small board … Dictionary of contemporary English
Cribbage — Crib|bage [ kribidʒ] das; <aus gleichbed. engl. cribbage> ein altes englisches Kartenspiel … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
cribbage — crib|bage [ krıbıdʒ ] noun uncount a card game in which players record the score by putting small PEGS in holes in a wooden board … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
