whist

C2 Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈwɪst/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

noun
a card game for four players who form two partnerships

They played whist after dinner.
2

noun
Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.

They played whist after dinner.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a card game for four... long whistshort whist

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Related forms bridge

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Phrases (1)

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whist drive
a social card-playing event in which people change tables between rounds of whist

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English whist (“silent”), possibly onomatopoeic.

whist Middle English

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Sports & Fitness

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