craps
noun/kræps/
/kræps/
[uncountable] (North American English)- a gambling game played with two dice
- to shoot craps (= play this game)
Word Originearly 19th cent.: perhaps from crab or crab's eyes, denoting the lowest throw (two ones) at dice.Definitions on the go
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