noun
- a card game for four players in two partnerships, using a full deck of 52 cards
interjection
- used to call for silence or quiet
Usage: archaic
Examples
- They spent the evening playing whist by candlelight.
- Whist was a popular card game in the 18th century.
- The four friends gathered around the table for a game of whist.
- She learned to play whist from her grandmother.
- Whist! The baby is sleeping.
- The old man raised his hand and whispered ‘whist’ to quiet the room.