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whist

UK/ˈwɪst/ US/ˈʍɪst/ rare rare

noun

1.

a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six

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Origin

Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).

Phrases

  • bid whist
  • bridge whist
  • Chinese whist
  • domino whist
  • dummy whist
  • German whist
  • honeymoon whist
  • long whist

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