• Definition Of Craps
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plural noun

Naturally, Craps has its own list of terms as well and when a game is as popular as Craps, it’s a whole new language. If you are a Craps newbie and can’t understand what Craps veterans are really saying, maybe what you really need is a comprehensive Craps glossary.

• 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.

  ‘At five, her father taught her how to throw craps, the gambling dice game.’

  • ‘When she's not writing, she's reading, playing piano, or attempting to telekinetically control dice in the game of 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.’
  • ‘Women wearing ripped-up fishnets and fuchsia-pink Mohawks blew kisses on the dice at the craps table.’
  • ‘He had a very lucky run during a craps game and turned $20 into $6400.’
  • ‘Yes, there were craps games floating through the neighborhood.’
  • ‘Soon it became the biggest craps game in town, and I became the target of local competitors and authorities.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘Are you interested in being able to control the dice at craps?’
  • ‘Peter was too busy hanging out with the guys and losing at craps to notice her absences.’
  • ‘It excludes slot machines, blackjack, craps, roulette, and other traditional casino games.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘Hamilton doesn't play fair, either in a friendly game of football, or on his craps table, cheating the customers.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘Blackjack is the only game in town, because unlike roulette or craps, what has gone before will influence what is about to happen.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘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.’
  • ‘They passed the time by smoking cigarettes and shooting craps.’

Origin

Definition Of Craps

1. Craps (n.) game of chance played with dice, 1843, American English, unrelated to the term for excrement, instead it is from Louisiana French craps 'the game of hazard,' from an 18c. Continental French corruption of English crabs, which was 18c. Slang for 'a throw of two or three' (the lowest throw), which perhaps is from crab (n.2), the sense in crab apple.
2. Craps is a dice game in which the players make wagers on the outcome of the roll, or a series of rolls, of a pair of dice. Players may wager money against each other or a bank. Because it requires little equipment, street craps can be played in informal settings. Anagrams for craps ».

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

Definition Of Crapstone