whist
91Israeli whist — is a variant of whist popular among Israeli soldiers and travelers.After the cards are dealt, the players place bids in order to decide which is the trump suit. A player s bid consistsof which suit he wants to play as trump and how many tricks he …
92Bridge Whist — is a card game, a variation of Whist popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Later variations of the game led to auction bridge and contract bridge.ee also*Contract bridge history for a history of bridge …
93solo whist — noun : a card game which is played with the full pack ranking as at whist and in which each player chooses one of seven different declarations he proposes to play * * * Cards. a variety of whist in which each player can offer to play any of seven …
94duplicate whist — duplicate whist, a form of whist in which the hands are played over again, when each side holds the cards formerly held by its opponents …
95Progressive whist — Progressive Pro*gress ive, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; opposed to {retrograde}. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is… …
96solo whist — Cards. a variety of whist in which each player can offer to play any of seven specified bids. [1890 95] * * * …
97domino whist — ▪ game domino game for four players. Partners are drawn for as in the card game whist; the player drawing the highest domino leads. Each player takes seven dominoes, or bones. There are no tricks, trumps, or honours. The bones are played as …
98chinese whist — noun Usage: usually capitalized C : a card game for two, three, or four players resembling whist except that six of each player s cards are dealt face down on the table and a like number of cards face up upon them, the lower cards being revealed… …
99contract whist — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a card game in which the deal, auction, and scoring are as in contract bridge but the play is as in whist with no dummy hand exposed …
100norwegian whist — noun Usage: usually capitalized N : whist in which each player in turn offers to win or lose tricks, bidding grand or nullo, there being no trumps …
