baccarat

noun

bac·​ca·​rat ˌbä-kə-ˈrä 

ˌba-

: a card game resembling chemin de fer in which three hands are dealt and players may bet either or both hands against the dealer's

also : a two-handed version in which players may bet on or against either hand

Examples of baccarat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, not all of their baccarat or video poker sections will share that variety. —Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025

Group charged with stealing $700k from Hard Rock Casino Prosecutors charged six people last month in a scheme that took $700,000 from the baccarat tables at the Hard Rock Casino in Gary. —Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025

Behind the bassoons and in front of the trumpets was an odd trapezoidal object, reminiscent of a baccarat table, its surface strung with strings like the innards of a piano laid bare. —Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025

Die Another Day gets its evening gown moment, too, just inside a frozen palace instead of at a baccarat table. —EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French baccara

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baccarat

• allantois
• chickasaw
• mackinaw
• overawe
• oversaw
• quebecois
• yojana
• aa
• aha
• bashaw
• bradshaw
• byelaw