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coffeehouse 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˈkôfēˌhous/,/ˈkäfē-/,
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A place where coffee is served and people gather for conversation, music, poetry readings, and other informal entertainment,
  1. A place where coffee is served and people gather for conversation, music, poetry readings, and other informal entertainment

  1. cafe: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
  2. A coffeehouse or coffee shop is an establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee or other hot beverages. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. ...
  3. A Coffeehouse is a social event, usually held to raise awareness for a social cause or other event.
  4. (coffeehousing) The act of distracting an opponent by chattering; By extension, unethical behaviour at the table during bridge or another game
  5. (Coffeehouses) Casual restaurants without table service that emphasize coffee and other beverages; typically a limited selection of cold foods such as pastries and perhaps sandwiches are offered as well. ...
  6. (COFFEEHOUSING) Talking to your opponents (or whistling, humming etc.) with a view to distracting them from the game. This is considered unethical play and is frowned upon in club and tournament games.
  7. (COFFEE-HOUSING) To make small talk, crack knuckles, or do any of a number of things meant to distract or mislead your opponent. This is unethical and strictly forbidden in clubs and tournaments. ...
  8. (Coffee-housing) Distracting table talk intending to mislead other players regarding the apparent lack of strength of your hand. Thought of as poor etiquette in the UK but less so in the USA. Also known as speech play.
  9. (Coffee-housing) Table talk which is used strategically to get a read on an opponent, or psyche him out.
  10. (Coffeehousing) Making improper remarks to mislead the opponents, or asking improper questions designed to suggest a defensive play.
  11. (Coffeehousing) Using the chat facility during a hand to mislead opponents as to the strength of your hand.
  12. (Coffeehousing) a discussion amongst players which aims to organise players so that they cause another player to make the incorrect decision, this is a form of cheating and banned.
  13. (Coffeehousing) oh how, you do talk about your hand, but are you telling the truth or bluffing?
  14. To make annoying smalltalk during a game, to make comments about a hand in progress, or to make deceptive comments about one's own play.
  15. To talk about a hand one is involved in, usually with the intent of misleading or manipulating other players, is coffeehousing.
  16. n.s. [coffee and house.] A house of entertainment where coffee is sold, and the guests are supplied with news papers.
  17. Misleading talk to confuse opponent. For example, in a chouette, when a team player advises the captain not to double knowing full well that the captain will double, he tempts the box to unwisely accept (ethically borderline, at best). (From Backgammon, by Paul Magriel, p 396.)
  18. To talk or chatter in an attempt to affect your opponent’s play.
  19. Often the name used when referring to the musical event on Friday nights, not the place itself.
  20. a term much in use in the 50s to the 70s. Borrowed from European usage of centuries ago, it referred to a meeting place with a minimalist menu and featured folk performers. There might also be chess games going on, poetry readings, jazz, etc. ...
  21. n. A location symbolic of the fake intellectual scene, where people sit over a cup of coffee and talk about how open-minded they think they are.