Meaning

1 senses
  1. A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.

More definitions
  • 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
  • a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region, with capital Lansing
  • the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders

Examples

9 sentences
  1. What is the largest city in Michigan?

    Яке найбільше місто у Мічигані? — deniko

  2. My father was born in Michigan.

  3. He was fishing on Lake Michigan.

  4. Detroit is the largest city in Michigan.

    ruДетройт - самый крупный город в Мичигане. — marafon

  5. They captured an American fort in northern Michigan.

    ruОни захватили американский форт в северном Мичигане. — odexed

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.

Borrowed from Ojibwe mishi-gami / ᒥᔑᑲᒥ (“giant lake”), referring to Lake Michigan.

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Forms

plural: Michigans

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:ChicagoNewmarketboodlestops
  • a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region, with capital Lansing:Wolverine StateGreat Lakes StateMIMich.
  • the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders:Lake Michigan

See also

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