Chicago
Any of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gamblingAny of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gambling.
» Boston is a lot like Chicago.
Бостон очень похож на Чикаго.
Бостон багато в чому схожий на Чикаго.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Any of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gambling.
- largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Examples
453 sentencesBoston is a lot like Chicago.
Бостон багато в чому схожий на Чикаго.
ruБостон очень похож на Чикаго.
Tom lives in Boston, not Chicago.
Том живе в Бостоні, а не в Чикаго.
ruТом живёт в Бостоне, а не в Чикаго.
Her decision to move to Chicago surprised us.
Її рішення переїхати до Чикаго здивувало нас.
ruЕё решение переехать в Чикаго удивило нас.
deIhr Entschluss, nach Chicago zu ziehen, überraschte uns.
Which do you like better, Boston or Chicago?
Тобі більше подобається Бостон чи Чикаго?
ruТебе больше нравится Бостон или Чикаго?
deWas magst du lieber? Boston oder Chicago?
Tom is now either in Boston or Chicago.
Том зараз або в Бостоні, або в Чикаго.
ruТом сейчас то ли в Бостоне, то ли в Чикаго.
deTom ist jetzt entweder in Boston oder Chicago.
Origin
From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccuFrom French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa; compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh /zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”). Doublet of skunk.
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan:Windy City
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in their hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card:MichiganNewmarketboodlestops
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable