Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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blackjack

/ˈblækd͡ʒæk/ noun, verb

Forms blackjacks blackjacking blackjacked black jack black-jack

  1. noun (card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
  2. noun (card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
  3. noun (card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).
  4. noun (card games) A variant of hearts where the Jack of Spades is the penalty card.
  5. noun The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).
  6. noun (weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
  7. noun (aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.
  8. noun Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
  9. verb To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
  10. noun (fandom slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group 2NE1.

Synonyms

pontoon twenty-one vingt-et-un blackjack oak jack oak Quercus marilandica cosh sap black flag pirate flag Jolly Roger blackmail pressure

Etymology

From the card game blackjack, also called twenty-one, which is one of two pronunciations of 2NE1's name (the other being "to anyone").

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “blackjack”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details