chicago meaning and definition

CHICAGO noun

Definition of Chicago (noun)

1. largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
   • synonyms: Windy City
2. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
   • synonyms: boodle, Michigan, Newmarket, stops