playing card

noun

1. one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.

2. one of any set or pack of cards used in playing games.

playing card

noun

1. one of a pack of 52 rectangular stiff cards, used for playing a variety of games, each card having one or more symbols of the same kind (diamonds, hearts, clubs, or spades) on the face, but an identical design on the reverse See also suit

Word History and Origins

Origin of playing card¹

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

Her playing cards were spread out on a tray table set in front of her wheelchair.

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They’re about puzzles and rubber masks and whipping playing cards through the air and escape rooms.

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She said her son was held down by Foden, who "basically sat on top of him" for failing to put away a pack of playing cards.

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His surrealist reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s Victorian children’s novel, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” distorts the nonsense and whimsy: melting clocks and anxious White Rabbits, sinister playing cards and caterpillars on mushrooms.

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Physically altering playing cards is a breach of casino rules and is also a crime in most jurisdictions, according to the release.

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