Chicago — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.

   Synonyms

   Chi

   Examples

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   I am an American, Chicago born—Chicago, that somber city—and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent.

   Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town!

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   Homan, who was on the ground in Chicago, maintained it was a “criminal operation.” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was also in Chicago on Sunday to observe immigration enforcement operations.

Noun

1. Any of various forms of the game of pool, designed for gambling.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

Noun

1. 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

   Synonyms

   MichiganNewmarketboodlestops

   Broader terms

   card gamecards