noun
- in bridge and other card games, tricks by which a player or partnership falls short of their contract or bid
Usage: card games; bridge terminology
Examples
- The partnership went down two undertricks on the difficult contract.
- Each undertrick cost them fifty points in the scoring.
- The declarer took only nine tricks, resulting in two undertricks.
- Undertricks are penalized more heavily when the contract is doubled.
- She calculated the penalty for three undertricks before deciding to bid.