High-card

Full definition of high-card

Adjective

1. (card games) Of, or related to a high suit card.
• 2013, F. Courtenay, The Losing Trick Count - A Book of Bridge TechniqueNow that the fallacy of basing bids on high-card values only has been realized, experts are modifying their systems of valuation more and more, so as to count actual tricks and not merely high-card tricks (Quick Tricks or Honour Tricks).