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Whist - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun whist

is any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.

As an adjective whist

is silent.

As a verb whist

is to hush or silence; to still.

As an interjection whist

is an alternative spelling of lang=en Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh.

whist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
  • Sessions of playing the card game.

    • Derived terms

    * German whist * solo whist

    See also

    * (wikipedia "whist")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • silent

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hush or silence; to still.
    • (Spenser)
  • To become silent.
    • (Surrey)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh!
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1860 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=anonymous , title=Heroes and Hunters of the West , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist ” from the girl, warned them of present danger. }}

    Anagrams

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.