"cold deck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold decks [plural]
Etymology: From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless". Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold deck (plural cold decks)
  1. (poker) A hand where two or more players have very strong hands and one or more of them loses a lot of chips despite the strength of the hand(s) involved. Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-cold_deck-en-noun-D0mZ-xHe Topics: card-games, poker
  2. (gambling) A pre-shuffled deck of cards substituted for the real deck in order to cheat. Categories (topical): Gambling Synonyms: cooler
    Sense id: en-cold_deck-en-noun-5sK~V-VD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 67 19 Topics: gambling, games

Verb

Forms: cold decks [present, singular, third-person], cold decking [participle, present], cold decked [participle, past], cold decked [past]
Etymology: From the metaphor that the deck (of cards) is cold, in the sense "heartless, emotionless". Head templates: {{en-verb}} cold deck (third-person singular simple present cold decks, present participle cold decking, simple past and past participle cold decked)
  1. (nonstandard) To inflict a cold deck situation on an opponent. Tags: nonstandard
    Sense id: en-cold_deck-en-verb-Aa3YEbwD

Inflected forms

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