Alternative spelling of battle royal

plural of royal flush

(idiomatic, colloquial) A ritual of two or more persons holding another person by the arms and legs, face up, while bumping them repeatedly on the floor. In modern times it is a lighthearted affair, generally performed only on a young person's birthday with the number of bumps corresponding to the person's age in years. Historically it was a hazing.

plural of royal we

(sports) real tennis

A style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to his or her eldest daughter.

(historical) A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur.

A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with champagne.

(card games) An undertaking to take all thirteen tricks with the suit of the face-up card as trump.

(government) The method by which a constitutional monarch formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law.