Whist

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭst, IPA: /wɪst/, SAMPA: /wIst/ or enPR: hwĭst, IPA: /ʍɪst/, SAMPA: /WIst/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
• Rhymes: -ɪst

• Homophone: wist (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

Whist (plural Whists)

1. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
2. Sessions of playing the card game.

Derived terms

• German whist
• solo whist

Adjective

Whist (comparative more Whist, superlative most Whist)

1. silent

Interjection

Whist

1. Alternative spelling of whisht.