whist

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
2. A session of playing this card game.

Intj

Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!

Verb

1. To hush or shush; to still.
2. To become silent.

Adj

Silent, hushed.

Synonyms

long whist

short whist

nonvocal

short

skat

obmutescent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: whist

In summary

Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).