A Pair with a value of 10 or greater.
Usage: Like in sentence "On top of the potential to make a flush, you may make that big pair." Or "With high cards like A-Q or a big pair like Q-Q, you can create a shorthanded raised pot by raising yourself."

A nonstandard hand sometimes given value in a private or home game, five cards 8 to king with no pair, which ranks above a tiger and just below a flush.
Usage: Also called big cat.

1) A hand consisting of five face cards. It has no ranking in cardroom poker, though sometimes does in private games. The term is often used by lowball players to embellish their hard-luck stories. 2) A nonstandard hand sometimes given value in a private or home game, consisting of five face cards, ranking between two pair and three of a kind.
Usage: Like in sentence "That guy just got his second bicycle, and what'd I get? Another blaze."

The bet(s) that must be made by the two players sitting directly to the dealer's left which will start the action on the first round of betting. The blinds are posted before any cards are dealt. (A "Blind" bet is one that is made in the dark without looking at your cards.)

A game or situation in which the player to the left of the dealer (the blind) puts in (usually) one chip before getting any cards and the next player puts in two chips. This is a forced raise.

A cheater's technique to mark cards with his fingernail or a device.
Usage: Also see Peg

To lose all the (or most) of the money you have won.
Usage: Like in sentence "If he keeps playing, he may blow back a good piece of the winner."