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Definition of craps
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: a gambling game played with two dice
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Inside the casino on a recent Friday night, many of the baccarat tables were empty, while poker, craps and blackjack all were doing steady business. — Jesse Mckinley, New York Times, "Why a $1.2 Billion Gambling Mecca Has Fallen on Hard Times," 16 Aug. 2019 One executive said his staffers were kicked off a craps table for disrupting gameplay with incessant phone use. — Jake Fischer, SI.com, "‘They Saw the Future.’ Clipper Darrell Relishes Kawhi Leonard, Paul George Blockbuster," 6 July 2019 Commercial casinos, by contrast, have slot machines, craps, roulette wheels and card games such as blackjack. — Washington Post, "Nebraska measure could tip the number of states with casinos," 30 June 2019 Cash pulled in at $5 and $10 craps games after middle school and selling $10 bags of marijuana could. — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, "They were friends as kids, then on opposite sides of the law. Now they’re mentoring D.C. teens together.," 11 Jan. 2018 This is such a basic function: a human goes into a cave, craps, and leaves it there. — National Geographic, "When, How Did the First Americans Arrive? It’s Complicated.," 9 June 2018 People were killed in cards and craps games and in Italian Market barbershops and on steamships and by drunken sailors and stalking suitors. — Mike Newall, Philly.com, "Locked away in a closet, Philly's historical homicide files tell the story of a young, cruel city | Mike Newall," 22 June 2018 Casinos have slots, poker and other table games such as baccarat, craps and roulette. — Hugo Martin, latimes.com, "Sports gambling may be coming to California — but it's unclear who will take your bets," 20 May 2018 Gasp as the puck strikes the shaft of his outstretched stick, smack on the M in CCM, before it is safely corralled like chips at a craps table. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "Braden Holtby Delivers a Resilient Game 2 Performance to Secure Washington's Win," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'craps.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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