Associations to the word «Whist»

Wiktionary

WHIST, noun. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
WHIST, noun. Sessions of playing the card game.
WHIST, adjective. (rare) Silent.
WHIST, verb. (transitive) (rare) To hush or silence; to still.
WHIST, verb. (intransitive) (rare) To become silent.
WHIST, interjection. Alternative spelling of whisht Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh!

Dictionary definition

WHIST, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats