Associations to the word «Cribbage»

CRIBBAGE, noun. (card games) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.

CRIBBAGE, noun. A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.

CRIBBAGE, noun. A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.

CRIBBAGE BOARD, noun. A board with several tracks of holes, used for scorekeeping in games such as cribbage and dominoes.

CRIBBAGE, noun. A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two.