whist
IPA: hwˈɪst
noun
- Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
- A session of playing this card game.
verb
- (transitive, rare) To hush or shush; to still.
- (intransitive, rare) To become silent.
adjective
- (rare) Silent, hushed.
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Examples of "whist" in Sentences
- Play commences like in usual whist.
- Serbian whist is a variant of whist.
- A hand of whist is played at each table.
- Bid whist is a game of skills and strategy.
- The difference in bid whist is in the bidding.
- Unlike in bid whist, dummy whist has no minimum bid.
- It is possible to be not be in near a studio whist collaborating.
- Boston whist is a variant of whist that was popular in 19th century Europe.
- The precursor to contract bridge, its predecessors were whist and bridge whist.
- Bid whist is a partnership trick taking variant of the classic card game whist.
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