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whist

noun
🔊/wɪst/
🔊/wɪst/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a card game for two pairs of players in which each pair tries to win the most cards惠斯特（一种由两对游戏者玩的纸牌游戏）Topics Games and toysc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (earlier as whisk): perhaps from whisk (with reference to whisking away the tricks).