whist
1a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding.
Origin of whist
1Words Nearby whist
Other definitions for whist (2 of 2)
hush! silence! be still!
hushed; silent; still.
Chiefly Irish. silence: Hold your whist.
British Dialect. to be or become silent.
British Dialect. to silence.
Origin of whist
2- Also whisht.
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How to use whist in a sentence
One whist table only is at work; General Pepper and three old hands of the same kidney are hard at it.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThe older people had always played bzique or whist, but rather somnolently of an evening.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHonours are reckoned differently from whist, and on a scale which is somewhat involved.
I am vastly complaisant, amuse myself in Routes and private parties and play shilling whist with the most edifying resignation.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonIt is not advisable to adopt any of the recent whist methods of giving information.
British Dictionary definitions for whist (1 of 2)
/ (wɪst) /
a card game for four in which the two sides try to win the balance of the 13 tricks: forerunner of bridge
Origin of whist
1British Dictionary definitions for whist (2 of 2)
/ (hwist) /
a variant of whisht
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