- whist family
- noun
: a group of card games including whist and games from which it developed or which are based on it — compare bridge
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
whist family
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whist — whist1 /hwist, wist/, n. a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding. [1655 65; earlier whisk, perh. identical with WHISK, though sense relationship uncert.] whist2 /hwist, wist/, interj. 1. hush! silence! be still! adj. 2. hushed;… … Universalium
Whist — Infobox CardGame title = Whist subtitle = image link = image caption = alt names = type = trick taking players = 4 play = Clockwise card rank = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ages = num cards = 52 card deck = Anglo American origin = England related … Wikipedia
Knock-out Whist — Origin United States Players 4 … Wikipedia
Book — Whist family The number of tricks (usually six) that a side must win before it can score by winning subsequent tricks; usually, six tricks … The official rules of card games glossary
Cross-ruff — Whist family Alternate trumping of each other s plain suit leads by the two hands of a partnership … The official rules of card games glossary
Double Dummy — Whist family A game or situation in which a player knows the location of all cards … The official rules of card games glossary
Doubleton — Whist family A holding of two cards in a suit … The official rules of card games glossary
Echo — Whist family The play, for signaling purposes, of a higher card before a lower card of the same suit … The official rules of card games glossary
Finesse — Whist family An attempt to make a card serve as an equal to a higher ranking card held by an opponent … The official rules of card games glossary
Fourth-best — Whist family The fourth highest card of a suit in one s hand … The official rules of card games glossary
