whisted; whisting; whists
dialectal British
: to be silent : hush
—often used interjectionally to enjoin silence
: a card game for four players in two partnerships that is played with a pack of 52 cards and that scores one point for each trick in excess of six
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Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
Celebrate with free bowling (first come, first serve), DJ Always, DJ Slikk, NBA playoffs on TV, spades and bid whist tournament.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2022
Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Enjoy comedy shows and old school hip-hop foam parties as well as fun and games with a Black twist like bid whist, gospel brunches, dominoes, sorority step competitions and more.
—Essence, 30 Jan. 2024
Most have been playing for decades, having honed their skills at Black colleges, starting with Spades and bid whist, two games that are uniquely Black in their use of language and aggressive playing styles.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 19 Feb. 2023
And the series opens with four people playing bid whist.
—Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
Compounding the problem, cheating was for decades a taboo subject in the genteel, tiny community of elite bridge — a game that evolved from 19th-century whist and was modified by a Vanderbilt on a yacht in 1925.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
An enthusiastic player of bid whist — a card game often compared to spades — Clark joined in tournaments, near and far.
—Donna St. George, Washington Post, 1 July 2020
And in the middle of his paddy, seated around embers that are boiling a kettle, Lalith and friends are playing a furious card game that resembles whist.
—The Economist, 27 Feb. 2020
Having left her 1-year-old daughter, Millicent, in Washington with her parents, Mabel solaced herself with the bustle of dinners, carriage rides, musicales and games of whist mainly organized by the town’s eminent couple, Susan and Austin Dickinson.
—Brenda Wineapple, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
Adjective
Bid whist, for our generation, was the national Black pastime.
—Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
Celebrate with free bowling (first come, first serve), DJ Always, DJ Slikk, NBA playoffs on TV, spades and bid whist tournament.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2022
Noun
The screenplay spreads the potential guilt around a small group of suspects, including Edith’s friends and fellow whist players, a pleasurably comic trio of ladies bold (Lolly Adefope), bony (Eileen Atkins) and bossy (Joanna Scanlan).
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Enjoy comedy shows and old school hip-hop foam parties as well as fun and games with a Black twist like bid whist, gospel brunches, dominoes, sorority step competitions and more.
—Essence, 30 Jan. 2024
Most have been playing for decades, having honed their skills at Black colleges, starting with Spades and bid whist, two games that are uniquely Black in their use of language and aggressive playing styles.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 19 Feb. 2023
And the series opens with four people playing bid whist.
—Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
Compounding the problem, cheating was for decades a taboo subject in the genteel, tiny community of elite bridge — a game that evolved from 19th-century whist and was modified by a Vanderbilt on a yacht in 1925.
—Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021
An enthusiastic player of bid whist — a card game often compared to spades — Clark joined in tournaments, near and far.
—Donna St. George, Washington Post, 1 July 2020
And in the middle of his paddy, seated around embers that are boiling a kettle, Lalith and friends are playing a furious card game that resembles whist.
—The Economist, 27 Feb. 2020
Having left her 1-year-old daughter, Millicent, in Washington with her parents, Mabel solaced herself with the bustle of dinners, carriage rides, musicales and games of whist mainly organized by the town’s eminent couple, Susan and Austin Dickinson.
—Brenda Wineapple, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
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