1. A card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
   "Whist was a precursor to modern bridge"; "long whist was a precursor to modern bridge"; "short whist was a precursor to modern bridge";
   - long whist [archaic], short whist

Sounds like: whirling, who, whis

Derived forms: whists

Type of: card game, cards

Encyclopedia: Whist