Whist

Pronunciation

• enPR: wÄ­st, IPA: /wɪst/ or enPR: hwÄ­st, IPA: /ʍɪst/ in Scottish English and some English accents
• Rhymes: -ɪst
• Homophones: wist in accents with the wine-whine merger

Origin

Middle English whist ("silent").

Full definition of whist

Noun

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

1. silent

Verb

1. (transitive) To hush or silence; to still.
2. (intransitive) To become silent.

Interjection

1. Alternative spelling of whisht Silence! Quiet! Hush! Shhh!
• 1860 , anonymous , Heroes and Hunters of the West Chapter , … for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist” from the girl, warned them of present danger.

Anagrams

• whits
• wisht