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stack

/stæk/
noun
  1. (heading) A pile.

  2. A smokestack.

  3. (heading) In computing.

verb
  1. To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

    "Please stack those chairs in the corner."

    Similar: build up, stack up

  2. To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

    "This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!"

  3. To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

    "I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!"

Synonymsbuild up, stack up, gerrymander, smash, wreck

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