slap jack
Quick-handed card game
Slapjack is a children's card game where players race to slap a pile when a jack appears, with the fastest hand winning the cards.
The name captures the action: slap the jack.
Separately, a slapjack is a flexible leather-covered club used as a weapon, similar to a blackjack.
Also spelled slap jack or slap-jack.
- card gamePastime using a deck
- cardsStiff paper rectangles
- playing cardsNumbered suited game pieces
- gameOrganized play or sport
- speedRate of motion
fast · hands · pile · face up · match · smack · reflexes · deck · flip · quick · quick reflexes · palm · sting · children · pairs · reaction · hit · table
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- hand gamesrock paper scissors, cat's cradle, thumb war, thumb wrestling, patty cake
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