"cribbage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹɪbɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cribbage.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cribbages [plural]
Etymology: Named from the "crib" consisting of certain cards laid aside by each player. Etymology templates: {{l|en|crib}} crib Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cribbage (countable and uncountable, plural cribbages)
  1. (card games) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-cribbage-en-noun-aeJ6kXxt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 47 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 36 42 22 Topics: card-games, games
  2. A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cribbage Translations (card game): kribaĝo (Esperanto), crib [masculine] (French), крибеџ (kribedž) [masculine] (Macedonian), кри́ббедж (kríbbɛdž) [masculine] (Russian), кри́бедж (kríbɛdž) [masculine] (Russian), кри́ббидж (kríbbidž) [masculine] (Russian), кри́бидж (kríbidž) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cribbage-en-noun-JMUoclEI Disambiguation of Cribbage: 27 50 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 47 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 48 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of 'card game': 42 56 2
  3. A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cribbage-en-noun-vd8o~ZJW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 47 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 36 42 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crib Derived forms: cribbage board, cribbage-faced, crib board

Inflected forms

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