game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"
discard getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
cutting,
cut the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
all fours,
high-low-jack card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game
baccarat,
chemin de fer a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine
bridge any of various card games based on whist for four players
cassino,
casino a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand
cribbage,
crib a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
ecarte a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high
euchre,
five hundred a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
sevens,
fantan,
parliament a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
faro a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
go fish a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards
four-card monte,
monte,
three-card monte a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
napoleon,
nap a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
old maid a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
bezique,
penuchle,
pinochle,
pinocle a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
piquet a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards
pisha paysha (Yiddish) a card game for two players one of whom is usually a child; the deck is place face down with one card face upward; players draw from the deck alternately hoping to build up or down from the open card; the player with the fewest cards when the deck is exhausted is the winner
poker game,
poker any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
rouge et noir,
trente-et-quarante a card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number
rum,
rummy liquor distilled from fermented molasses
long whist,
short whist,
whist 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
doubling,
double raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff"
deal the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
lead the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy"
renege,
revoke the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
call (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
