stops meaning and definition

STOPS noun

Definition of stops (noun)

1. 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, Chicago, Michigan, Newmarket