crazy eights

noun

A card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.

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Meanings

nouncrazy eights (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecard gamesA card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.

    We played crazy eights, war, fifty-two card pickup. Rudy flipped the whole deck across the table at me and the cards sailed to the floor, kings, queens, deuces.

    2004, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 瘋狂八分牌 /疯狂八分牌
  • 瘋狂八分牌 /疯狂八分牌card game
Dutch pesten (Mau Mau)
  • pesten (Mau Mau)card game
Finnish crazy eights, seiska
  • crazy eightscard game
  • seiskacard game
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APA

crazy eights. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crazy%20eights

MLA

“crazy eights.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crazy%20eights. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crazy eights,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crazy%20eights.

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