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Glossary of card game terms

The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of other common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary are not game-specific (e.g. specific to bridge, hearts, poker or rummy), but apply to a wide range of card games played with non-proprietary packs. It should not include terms solely…

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card games suit cards play game trick hand bid also player trump deal played one contract see pot value terms

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naming the trump suitinstance ofor bid on a certain hand or privilege in that hand0.80text
Sixty-Sixinstance ofin expectation that the opponents will concede.clearEstablish a card or suit by forcing out adverse higher cards or stoppers.Having taken no penalty cards e.g. in Hearts.close T…0.80text
Schnapsen. clubs One of the four suits in a French-suited or Spanish-suited pack of cardsinstance ofin expectation that the opponents will concede.clearEstablish a card or suit by forcing out adverse higher cards or stoppers.Having taken no penalty cards e.g. in Hearts.close T…0.80text
the knave of clubs in knave noddy or the right bower in euchre.compendium game A game in which a number of different contracts is played in succession e.ginstance ofking card or master card.The top trump or highest matador0.80text
Skwitzinstance ofin some card games0.80text
it is not a trump but a bonus-earning cardinstance ofin some card games0.80text
winning schneider which would double the score or winning schwarz which might quadruple it. single-endedinstance ofA game is won 'singly' if its value is not increased by bonus factors0.80text
single-figuredinstance ofA game is won 'singly' if its value is not increased by bonus factors0.80text
single-headed Of a playing cardinstance ofA game is won 'singly' if its value is not increased by bonus factors0.80text
being designed so that it can only be properly read one way upinstance ofA game is won 'singly' if its value is not increased by bonus factors0.80text
the Tarot Nouveau.To play a trump after a plain suit has been ledinstance ofduring the play of a hand. triplet Three of a kind. tripleton Three cards of a suit in the hand. trumpA privileged card whose trick-taking power is greater than any plain suit c…0.80text

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