draw dead

English

Verb

draw dead (third-person singular simple present draws dead, present participle drawing dead, simple past drew dead, past participle drawn dead)

1. (poker) To play a drawing hand that is inevitably going to lose, no matter what the remaining community cards are.

   Player A has Q8. Player B has J10. Table: J2J8. Player A made a pair, but he is drawing dead.

Coordinate terms

• draw live
• draw thin

Anagrams

• adwarded