wong

Meanings

Noun

• A field or other piece of land.
• In the game of pai gow, a hand in which the double-one or double-six domino is used with a nine, making the hand worth eleven points rather than the usual one.

Verb

• To enter a betting game, particularly blackjack, when the odds are favorable.

Origin

• From Old English wang, wong, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Danish vang.
• From the pen name Stanford Wong.