A strategy, in pontoon or blackjack, in which a player keeps a mental tally of the cards played in order to calculate the probability of certain cards being dealt and therefore obtain an advantage.

(baseball, of a pitcher) Having more strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat. / (baseball, of a batter) Having fewer strikes than balls against a pitcher in an at-bat.

(baseball, of a pitcher) Having fewer strikes than balls against a batter in an at-bat. / (baseball, of a batter) Having more strikes than balls against a pitcher in an at-bat.

plural of count down

plural of count-down

Alternative spelling of countdown

Alternative spelling of countdown

To announce the passage of time to a precisely timed expected event. / To await a precisely timed expected event.

(idiomatic) Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term. / (figuratively) Unconscious or sound asleep.

The process of or results of a second tally, for purposes of accuracy and/or safety. / An error in accounting etc. where something is counted more than once.