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whist
1[ wist, hwist ]
/ wɪst, ʰwɪst /
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noun
a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding.
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Origin of whist
11655–65; earlier whisk, perhaps identical with whisk, though sense relationship uncertain
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Other definitions for whist (2 of 2)
Also whisht.
Origin of whist
21350–1400, Middle English; imitative
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whist1
/ (wɪst) /
noun
a card game for four in which the two sides try to win the balance of the 13 tricks: forerunner of bridge
Word Origin for whist
C17: perhaps changed from whisk, referring to the sweeping up or whisking up of the tricks
British Dictionary definitions for whist (2 of 2)
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