Term Gallery logo

Meanings of sevens in inglés

portugués
dominó de baralho

A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.

dominó de baralho
Usage of sevens in inglés
1
It's understood several current squad members will move to a sevens contract.
Radio NZ
2
Former sevens maestro Waisale Serevi was also given a lifetime achievement award.
Radio NZ
3
In sevens, it's the gold medal match between New Zealand v Australia.
The Guardian
4
Sir Gordon Tietjens said the sevens circuit has never been more competitive.
Radio NZ
5
Indeed they are at sixes and sevens; you may well say that.
Castle Richmond
6
One by one, the five-by-sevens took us to Louise Parent's final day.
Monday Mourning
7
Former Kiwi coach and sevens guru Gordon Tietjens is now coaching Samoa.
News.com.au
8
Toni looks at his cards to see if he has any sevens.
The cardturner
9
Our bookkeeper's pregnant, and things have been all at sixes and sevens.
Anansi Boys
10
Sidney calmly split two sevens and doubled down on a hard ten.
Ford county: stories
11
And so it went for Fred Haney, two months of rolling sevens.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
12
Here's the town at sixes and sevens about the 'little brown brother.'
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
13
When the cards came down, CJ's sevens beat Jake's pair of tens.
Hunter's moon: a novel
14
Without question, Powell's team has elevated sevens to new heights in South Africa.
The South African
15
Co-captain Tim Mikkelson said the sevens competition got stronger every year.
Radio NZ
16
Justice Davison sentenced Tran to 14 years and sevens months' imprisonment.
Radio NZ
About this term
More collocations
Translations for sevens
Sevens through the time
Sevens across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Rare
United States of America
Rare