Bridge Whist

Bridge Whist

Bridge 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.

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*Contract bridge history for a history of bridge.


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  • Bridge whist — Whist Whist, n. [From {Whist}, interj.] A certain game at cards; so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty two cards.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bridge whist —       card game popular from the 1890s through 1910, and the second step in the historical progression from whist to bridge whist to auction bridge to contract bridge. See whist. * * * …   Universalium

  • bridge whist — noun the earliest form of bridge; the dealer could name the trump suit • Hypernyms: ↑bridge …   Useful english dictionary

  • bridge-whist — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: bridge (IV) : the earliest form of bridge, in which the dealer could name a suit as trump or choose no trump or require his partner to do so …   Useful english dictionary

  • Whist — Whist, n. [From {Whist}, interj.] A certain game at cards; so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty two cards. Each… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… …   Universalium

  • whist — whist1 /hwist, wist/, n. a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding. [1655 65; earlier whisk, perh. identical with WHISK, though sense relationship uncert.] whist2 /hwist, wist/, interj. 1. hush! silence! be still! adj. 2. hushed;… …   Universalium

  • Bridge — Cet article concerne le jeu de cartes. Pour les autres sens du mot, voir bridge (homonymie). Bridge jeu de société …   Wikipédia en Français

  • whist — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino JUEGOS Juego de cartas precursor del bridge que se juega entre dos parejas. IRREG. plural whists * * * whist m. Nombre de un juego de *baraja inglés, precursor del bridge. * * * ► masculino Juego de naipes… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • bridge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. span, trestle, viaduct, causeway; auction or contract bridge, whist (See amusement). v. t. connect, span, link, cross. See connection, crossing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An elevated structure] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

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