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SHORT WHIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
Synonyms:
long whist; short whist; whist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("short whist" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "short whist"):
dummy whist (a form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up)
Black Maria; hearts (a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades)
