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1. (n.) whist
a card game, an early form of bridge without bidding.
Etymology: (1655–65; earlier whisk, perh. identical with whisk , though sense relationship uncert.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) whist, long whist, short whist
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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1. (adj) whist
not speaking; not making a noise; silent; mute; still; quiet
2. (noun) whist
a certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed
3. whist
be silent; be still; hush; silence
4. (verb) whist
to hush or silence
5. (verb) whist
to be or become silent or still; to be hushed or mute
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Sense: a type of card game.
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 Afrikaans: whist, brug |
 Arabic: ويسْت: لُعْبَة ورق |
 Bulgarian: вист |
 Brazilian: whist |
 Czech: whist |
 German: der Whist |
 Danish: whist |
 Greek: ουίστ (παιχνίδι τράπουλας |
 Spanish: whist |
 Estonian: vist |
 Farsi: نوعی بازی ورق |
 Finnish: visti |
 French: whist |
 Hebrew: מִשחַק ווּיסט |
 Hindi: ताश का एक खेल |
 Croatian: vist (kartaška igra) |
 Hungarian: whist |
 Indonesian: permainan kartu |
 Icelandic: vist |
 Italian: whist |
 Japanese: ホイスト |
 Korean: 휘스트(카드놀이의 일종) |
 Lithuanian: vistas |
 Latvian: vists |
 Malay: sejenis permainan kad |
 Dutch: whist |
 Norwegian: whist |
 Polish: wist |
 Portuguese: whist |
 Romanian: whist |
 Russian: вист |
 Slovak: whist (kartová hra) |
 Slovenian: vist |
 Serbian: vist |
 Swedish: whist |
 Thai: เกมไพ่ชนิดหนึ่งซึ่งมีผู้เ |
 Turkish: vist |
 Taiwanese: 惠斯特牌遊戲 |
 Ukrainian: віст |
 Urdu: ایک قسم کا تاش کا کھیل |
 Vietnamese: uýt (một lối đánh bài) |
 Chinese: 惠斯特纸牌游戏 |
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