high-low
See also: highlow and high/low
English
Alternative forms
- (poker): high/low
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪləʊ
Adjective
high-low (not comparable)
- (poker) Describing a game in which the high hand and the low hand win.
- (gambling) Designating a blackjack card counting technique in which the lowest cards are worth +1 point and the highest cards -1 point, and the counter places higher bets against higher point totals.
Noun
high-low (countable and uncountable, plural high-lows)
- Alternative form of highlow (“type of shoe”)
- (uncountable) A card game where a player has to guess if the next card will be higher or lower than the one shown.