board

en-noun

board (countable and uncountable, plural boards)

→ Japanese: ボード (bōdo)

From Middle English bord, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table."

inh

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

(bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.

korttiteline

duplicate bridge: container for holding pre-dealt cards


tempo

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”). Doublet of tense.

(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.

темпо

bridge: timing advantage of being on lead


tempo

tempo (indefinite nominative singular)
tempos (genitive indefinite singular)
tempot (definite nominative singular)
tempots (definite genitive singular)
tempon (indefinite nominative plural)
tempons (genitive indefinite plural)
tempona (definite nominative plural)
temponas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”).


exit

en-verb

exit (third-person singular simple present exits, present participle exiting, simple past and past participle exited)

exits (present singular third-person)
exiting (participle present)
exited (participle past)
exited (past)

From Middle English exit, from Latin exitus (“departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”), from exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Exeō is derived from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + eō (“to go”) (ultimately from ). The English word is cognate with Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, Spanish éxito. Doublet of ejido and exitus.
The verb is derived from the noun.

ацара

to go out or go away from a place or situation — see also depart, leave

West now plays a low club to the J and Q. North exits in a trump.

2014, D. K. Acharya, Standard Methods of Contract Bridge Complete, page 173:

(bridge, intransitive) To give up the lead.


they

head

they (third-person, nominative case, usually plural, sometimes singular, objective case them, possessive their, possessive noun theirs, reflexive themselves, or reflexive singular themself)

en-pron

them (objective)
their (possessive)
theirs (noun possessive)
themselves (reflexive)
themself (reflexive singular)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tóy
Proto-Germanic *þai
Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)
Old Norse þeirbor.
Middle English þei
English they From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi.
The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) (whence obsolete English tho), Scots thae, thai, thay (“they; those”).
The origin of the determiner they (“the, those”) is unclear. The OED, English Dialect Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary define it and its Middle English predecessor thei as a demonstrative determiner or adjective meaning "those" or "the". This could be a continuation of the use of the English pronoun they's Old Norse etymon þeir as a demonstrative meaning "those", but the OED and EDD say it is limited to southern, especially southwestern, England, specifically outside the region of Norse contact.

etymon

it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right

other attested third-person singular pronouns

(bridge) The opponents of the side which is keeping score.


we

head

we (first-person plural nominative case, objective case us, possessive determiner our, possessive pronoun ours, reflexive ourselves, reflexive singular ourself)

us (objective)
our (determiner possessive)
ours (possessive pronoun without-noun)
ourselves (reflexive)
ourself (reflexive singular)

Jamaican Creole: wi

Sranan Tongo: wi

From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám).

inh

the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know

the real treasure is the friends we made along the way

what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive

(bridge) The side which is keeping score.


bet

Borrowed from French bête (“beast, animal”). Compare "faire la bête" (make the bête) for losing the deal in the old French trick-taking card game of l'Homme / Bête. Attested since 1733.

bor+

gå bet i ett kontrakt

gå 5 bet

(card games, bridge, in some expression) (going) set, (going) down (failing to make a contract)


fit

Possibly from Middle English fit (“an adversary of equal power”), of uncertain further origin. The original sense appears to have been "to marshal or deploy troops", which shifted to "to suit (troops to a certain location" > "suitable", and may be further related to Icelandic fitja (“to web, knit, cast on”).

cog

During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.

(bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.

fitti

bridge: quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards


fit

fit (nominative singular)
fity (nominative plural)
fita (genitive singular)
fitu (genitive singular)
fitów (genitive plural)
fitowi (dative singular)
fitom (dative plural)
fit (accusative singular)
fity (accusative plural)
fitem (instrumental singular)
fitami (instrumental plural)
ficie (locative singular)
fitach (locative plural)
ficie (singular vocative)
fity (plural vocative)


throw

en-verb

throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw or (nonstandard) throwed, past participle thrown or (nonstandard) throwed or (nonstandard) threw)

throws (present singular third-person)
throwing (participle present)
threw (past)
throwed (nonstandard past)
thrown (participle past)
throwed (nonstandard participle past)
threw (nonstandard participle past)
throw (infinitive)

From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).
Cognate with Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe (“to push”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”).
Displaced warp as the word for hurling and was displaced by warp as the word for twisting.

hedh

to cause an object to move rapidly through the air

heitellä

repeatedly, continuously and/or indifferently

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick

throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick

throw nickels around like manhole covers

throw oneself on someone's mercy not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of

throw one's hotdog down someone's hallway

throw things at the wall and see what sticks

trust someone as far as one could throw them

Declarer threw his queen of spades on the high diamond. He then won the last three tricks with his ace, queen and nine of hearts behind East's jack third.

1990 January 4, “Sharp coup overcomes trump split”, in The Washington Times:


bridge

From the earlier game biritch, probably from Russian бирю́ч (birjúč) or бири́ч (biríč); else from Turkish bir-üç (“one-three”).

Bidding is an essential element of the game of bridge.

(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.


bridge

bridge (nominative singular)
bridget (nominative plural)
bridge (accusative nominative singular)
bridget (accusative nominative plural)
bridgen (accusative genitive singular)
bridget (accusative genitive plural)
bridgen (genitive singular)
bridgejen (genitive plural)
bridgein (genitive plural rare)
bridgeä (partitive singular)
bridgejä (partitive plural)
bridgessä (inessive singular)
bridgeissä (inessive plural)
bridgestä (elative singular)
bridgeistä (elative plural)
bridgeen (illative singular)
bridgeihin (illative plural)
bridgellä (adessive singular)
bridgeillä (adessive plural)
bridgeltä (ablative singular)
bridgeiltä (ablative plural)
bridgelle (allative singular)
bridgeille (allative plural)
bridgenä (essive singular)
bridgeinä (essive plural)
bridgeksi (singular translative)
bridgeiksi (plural translative)
bridgettä (abessive singular)
bridgeittä (abessive plural)
bridgein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
bridgeni (nominative singular)
bridgeni (nominative plural)
bridgeni (accusative nominative singular)
bridgeni (accusative nominative plural)
bridgeni (accusative genitive singular)
bridgeni (accusative genitive plural)
bridgeni (genitive singular)
bridgejeni (genitive plural)
bridgeini (genitive plural rare)
bridgeäni (partitive singular)
bridgejäni (partitive plural)
bridgessäni (inessive singular)
bridgeissäni (inessive plural)
bridgestäni (elative singular)
bridgeistäni (elative plural)
bridgeeni (illative singular)
bridgeihini (illative plural)
bridgelläni (adessive singular)
bridgeilläni (adessive plural)
bridgeltäni (ablative singular)
bridgeiltäni (ablative plural)
bridgelleni (allative singular)
bridgeilleni (allative plural)
bridgenäni (essive singular)
bridgeinäni (essive plural)
bridgekseni (singular translative)
bridgeikseni (plural translative)
bridgettäni (abessive singular)
bridgeittäni (abessive plural)
bridgeineni (comitative plural)
bridgesi (nominative singular)
bridgesi (nominative plural)
bridgesi (accusative nominative singular)
bridgesi (accusative nominative plural)
bridgesi (accusative genitive singular)
bridgesi (accusative genitive plural)
bridgesi (genitive singular)
bridgejesi (genitive plural)
bridgeisi (genitive plural rare)
bridgeäsi (partitive singular)
bridgejäsi (partitive plural)
bridgessäsi (inessive singular)
bridgeissäsi (inessive plural)
bridgestäsi (elative singular)
bridgeistäsi (elative plural)
bridgeesi (illative singular)
bridgeihisi (illative plural)
bridgelläsi (adessive singular)
bridgeilläsi (adessive plural)
bridgeltäsi (ablative singular)
bridgeiltäsi (ablative plural)
bridgellesi (allative singular)
bridgeillesi (allative plural)
bridgenäsi (essive singular)
bridgeinäsi (essive plural)
bridgeksesi (singular translative)
bridgeiksesi (plural translative)
bridgettäsi (abessive singular)
bridgeittäsi (abessive plural)
bridgeinesi (comitative plural)
bridgemme (nominative singular)
bridgemme (nominative plural)
bridgemme (accusative nominative singular)
bridgemme (accusative nominative plural)
bridgemme (accusative genitive singular)
bridgemme (accusative genitive plural)
bridgemme (genitive singular)
bridgejemme (genitive plural)
bridgeimme (genitive plural rare)
bridgeämme (partitive singular)
bridgejämme (partitive plural)
bridgessämme (inessive singular)
bridgeissämme (inessive plural)
bridgestämme (elative singular)
bridgeistämme (elative plural)
bridgeemme (illative singular)
bridgeihimme (illative plural)
bridgellämme (adessive singular)
bridgeillämme (adessive plural)
bridgeltämme (ablative singular)
bridgeiltämme (ablative plural)
bridgellemme (allative singular)
bridgeillemme (allative plural)
bridgenämme (essive singular)
bridgeinämme (essive plural)
bridgeksemme (singular translative)
bridgeiksemme (plural translative)
bridgettämme (abessive singular)
bridgeittämme (abessive plural)
bridgeinemme (comitative plural)
bridgenne (nominative singular)
bridgenne (nominative plural)
bridgenne (accusative nominative singular)
bridgenne (accusative nominative plural)
bridgenne (accusative genitive singular)
bridgenne (accusative genitive plural)
bridgenne (genitive singular)
bridgejenne (genitive plural)
bridgeinne (genitive plural rare)
bridgeänne (partitive singular)
bridgejänne (partitive plural)
bridgessänne (inessive singular)
bridgeissänne (inessive plural)
bridgestänne (elative singular)
bridgeistänne (elative plural)
bridgeenne (illative singular)
bridgeihinne (illative plural)
bridgellänne (adessive singular)
bridgeillänne (adessive plural)
bridgeltänne (ablative singular)
bridgeiltänne (ablative plural)
bridgellenne (allative singular)
bridgeillenne (allative plural)
bridgenänne (essive singular)
bridgeinänne (essive plural)
bridgeksenne (singular translative)
bridgeiksenne (plural translative)
bridgettänne (abessive singular)
bridgeittänne (abessive plural)
bridgeinenne (comitative plural)
bridgensä (nominative singular)
bridgensä (nominative plural)
bridgensä (accusative nominative singular)
bridgensä (accusative nominative plural)
bridgensä (accusative genitive singular)
bridgensä (accusative genitive plural)
bridgensä (genitive singular)
bridgejensä (genitive plural)
bridgeinsä (genitive plural rare)
bridgeään (partitive singular)
bridgeänsä (partitive singular)
bridgejään (partitive plural)
bridgejänsä (partitive plural)
bridgessään (inessive singular)
bridgessänsä (inessive singular)
bridgeissään (inessive plural)
bridgeissänsä (inessive plural)
bridgestään (elative singular)
bridgestänsä (elative singular)
bridgeistään (elative plural)
bridgeistänsä (elative plural)
bridgeensä (illative singular)
bridgeihinsä (illative plural)
bridgellään (adessive singular)
bridgellänsä (adessive singular)
bridgeillään (adessive plural)
bridgeillänsä (adessive plural)
bridgeltään (ablative singular)
bridgeltänsä (ablative singular)
bridgeiltään (ablative plural)
bridgeiltänsä (ablative plural)
bridgelleen (allative singular)
bridgellensä (allative singular)
bridgeilleen (allative plural)
bridgeillensä (allative plural)
bridgenään (essive singular)
bridgenänsä (essive singular)
bridgeinään (essive plural)
bridgeinänsä (essive plural)
bridgekseen (singular translative)
bridgeksensä (singular translative)
bridgeikseen (plural translative)
bridgeiksensä (plural translative)
bridgettään (abessive singular)
bridgettänsä (abessive singular)
bridgeittään (abessive plural)
bridgeittänsä (abessive plural)
bridgeineen (comitative plural)
bridgeinensä (comitative plural)


set

en-verb

set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past set, past participle set or (dialectal) setten)

sets (present singular third-person)
setting (participle present)
set (past)
set (participle past)
setten (dialectal participle past)

desctree

→ Japanese: セット (setto)
→ Hokkien: siat-to͘h

From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).

set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil

(transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.


artificial

en-adj

artificial (comparative more artificial, superlative most artificial)

more artificial (comparative)
most artificial (superlative)

→ Welsh: artiffisial

/ˌɑː(ɹ).təˈfɪʃ.əl/

[ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃl]

From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificiālis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftlīċ.

An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.

1999, Edwin B. Kantar, Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense, page 191:

North makes an artificial call of 3♧, the cheapest suit at the 3 level, to show a very poor hand. What North holds in clubs doesn't matter at all.

2008, David Galt, Teach Yourself Visually Bridge, page 219:

(bridge) Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.


dummy

мор

bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand

(card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.


void

→ Welsh: foed

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

(bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.


void

üreg

fluid mechanics: a pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation

(bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.


echo

en-noun

echo (countable and uncountable, plural echoes or echos)

From Middle English eccho, ecco, ekko, from Medieval Latin ecco, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”). Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sough.

(whist, bridge) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps.

(whist, bridge) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner.


echo

en-verb

echo (third-person singular simple present echoes, present participle echoing, simple past and past participle echoed)

echoes (present singular third-person)
echoing (participle present)
echoed (participle past)
echoed (past)

(intransitive, whist, bridge) To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds.


natural

en-adj

natural (comparative more natural, superlative most natural)

more natural (comparative)
most natural (superlative)

/ˈnæt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/

From Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Latin nātūrālis, from nātus, the perfect participle of nāscor (“be born”, verb). Displaced native Old English ġecynde. By surface analysis, nature + -al.

luonnollinen

that exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem

luonnollinen

having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position

(bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.


multi

(bridge) A contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows several possible types of hands.


hook

sometimes in Northern England and Ireland, otherwise obsolete

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian heak, Dutch haak (“hook”)) (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk); also related to hake.


hook

en-verb

hook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked)

hooks (present singular third-person)
hooking (participle present)
hooked (participle past)
hooked (past)


splinter

From Middle English splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.

(bridge) A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.


length

en-noun

length (countable and uncountable, plural lengths)

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long + -th. Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).

(bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.


minor

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.

byvak

subject of secondary undergraduate study

Many find it easier to remember 20 for Minors, 30 for Majors and 35 for No Trump.

1927, Milton Cooper Work, Contract Bridge, page 11:

(bridge) Ellipsis of minor suit; a card of a minor suit.


major

From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.

pääaineopiskelija

student specializing in a specified subject


traveller

From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier.

At the conclusion of play, the scores from all the travelers get entered into a computer.

2008, David Galt, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bridge, →ISBN, page 263:

(bridge) A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.


double

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.

(bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.


double

en-verb

double (third-person singular simple present doubles, present participle doubling, simple past and past participle doubled)

doubles (present singular third-person)
doubling (participle present)
doubled (participle past)
doubled (past)

(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.

контрирам

bridge: to make a call that will double certain scoring points


sacrifice

en-noun

sacrifice (countable and uncountable, plural sacrifices)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-
Proto-Italic *sakros
Latin sacer
Latin sacrum
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin facio
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Italic *-jōs
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin sacrificiumlbor.
Old French sacrifisebor.
Middle English sacrifice
English sacrifice
From Middle English sacrifice (“act of offering a life or object to a deity; the life or object so offered; (Christianity) act of consecrating the elements in the mass”), from Anglo-Norman sacrefiz, and Old French sacrifice, sacrifise (modern French sacrifice), from Latin sacrificium (“something offered to a deity, sacrifice”), from sacrum (“sacrifice, sacrificial rite”) + faciō (“to do, to make”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The noun sacrum is the nominalized neuter of the adjective sacer (“devoted to a deity for sacrifice; holy, sacred”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“ceremony, ritual; to make sacred”), and the verb faciō is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”). Related Latin formations include sacrificus (“of or pertaining to sacrifice, sacrificial”) and sacrificō (“to make a sacrifice”).
cognates
* Italian sagrifizio
* Occitan sacrifici
* Portuguese sacrificio
* Spanish sacrificio

der

(bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.

uhraus

(bridge) bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled


sacrifice

en-verb

sacrifice (third-person singular simple present sacrifices, present participle sacrificing, simple past and past participle sacrificed)

sacrifices (present singular third-person)
sacrificing (participle present)
sacrificed (participle past)
sacrificed (past)
sacrifice (infinitive)

From Middle English sacrificen (“to offer a sacrifice to a deity”), from sacrifice (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs).

flijoj

(transitive) to offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity; (transitive) to offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity

(bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.

uhrata

(bridge) to make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled


conventional

en-adj

conventional (comparative more conventional, superlative most conventional)

more conventional (comparative)
most conventional (superlative)

atypical

antonym(s) of “pertaining to a convention”

(bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.


preemptive

preemptive (comparative more preemptive, superlative most preemptive)

more preemptive (comparative)
most preemptive (superlative)

(bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.


coup

(Re)borrowed in modern times from modern French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French coup, colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus. Doublet of cope and colpus. The same Old French word had been borrowed into Middle English as coupe, caupe (with different pronunciation).

(bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.


auction

From Latin auctiō (“an increase, auction”), from Latin augere (“to increase”).

(bridge) The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.


transfer

en-noun

transfer (countable and uncountable, plural transfers)

/tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/

(bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.


contract

From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”).

(bridge) The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.


invitation

invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)

From Middle English invitacioun, ynvytacioun, from Latin invītātio, reinforced by Middle French invitation. Displaced native Middle English lathinge from Old English laþung (see dialectal English lathing).

I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46.

2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest, page 113:

To any other invitation made by the captain, acceptance or refusal of the invitation is exclusively a question of points within the range advertised in the opening statement, and the invitation is always in the last called suit.

2011, Gerard Cohen, Bridge Is a Conversation: Part I: the Auction, page 71:

(bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.


slam

slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)

desctree

→ French: chelem, schelem
→ English: chelem

Unknown and long-speculated, though perhaps at least reinforced by Etymology 1. Doublet of chelem.

(countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.


slam

en-verb

slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)

slams (present singular third-person)
slamming (participle present)
slammed (participle past)
slammed (past)

(intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.


offside

en-adj

offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)

more offside (comparative)
most offside (superlative)

(bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.


honor

honor (nominative singular)
honory (nominative plural)
honoru (genitive singular)
honorów (genitive plural)
honorowi (dative singular)
honorom (dative plural)
honor (accusative singular)
honory (accusative plural)
honorem (instrumental singular)
honorami (instrumental plural)
honorze (locative singular)
honorach (locative plural)
honorze (singular vocative)
honory (plural vocative)

desctree

→ Old Ruthenian: го́норъ (hónor), го́неръ (hóner)
Belarusian: го́нар (hónar)
Carpathian Rusyn: го́нор (hónor)
Ukrainian: го́нор (hónor); го́нір (hónir) (dialectal)
→ Middle Russian: го́норъ (gónor)
Russian: го́нор (gónor)

Inherited from Old Polish honor, from Latin honor.

(countable, bridge, card games) honor (in bridge: an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten, especially of the trump suit; in some other games: an ace, king, queen, or jack)


precision

en-noun

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

/pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/

[pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩]

tarkkuus

the consistency of a number in a linear equation

(bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.


movement

movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring.
Morphologically move + -ment.

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

(bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.


strip

en-verb

strip (third-person singular simple present strips, present participle stripping, simple past and past participle stripped)

strips (present singular third-person)
stripping (participle present)
stripped (participle past)
stripped (past)

From Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English strīepan (“plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *strēpōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter(h₁)- (“to be stiff; be rigid; exert”). Probably related to German Strafe (“deprivation, fine, punishment”).

cog

(transitive, bridge) To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)

изтеглям

bridge: to remove all cards of a particular suit from another player


goulash

en-noun

goulash (countable and uncountable, plural goulashes)

Borrowed from Hungarian gul(y)ás, short for gulyás hús (“beef or lamb soup made by herdsmen while pasturing”), from gulyás (“herdsman”) + hús (“meat”). First attested in English 1866.

(bridge) A style of play in which the cards are not thoroughly shuffled between consecutive deals, so as to make the suits less evenly distributed between the players.


phantom

From Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.

der

(bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.


forcing

(bridge) Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.


grand slam

(bridge) The bid and winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand.

grand chelem

(bridge) the winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand


huddle

From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).

cog

(bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.


huddle

en-verb

huddle (third-person singular simple present huddles, present participle huddling, simple past and past participle huddled)

huddles (present singular third-person)
huddling (participle present)
huddled (participle past)
huddled (past)

(bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.


kickback

en-noun

kickback (countable and uncountable, plural kickbacks)

(uncountable, bridge) In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.


takeout double

(bridge) A double, usually indicating strength and a desire to play the hand; partner is expected to "take out" by making a bid.


chicane

chicane (countable and uncountable, plural chicanes)

(card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.


takeout

takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)

desc

Japanese: テイクアウト (teikuauto), テークアウト (tēkuauto)

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(bridge) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.


-ton

From Middle English -ton, -tone, -tune, from Old English -tūn, derived from Old English tūn (“town”). Doublet of town.

singleton

(mathematics, bridge) A set of specific objects or persons.


contre

⇒ Italian: contrare

Inherited from Middle French contre, from Old French contre, from Latin contra.


palooka

H. L. Mencken
Ham Fisher
Joe Palooka
The American Language

Used in the US since the 1920s, originally primarily of boxers. Popularized by Jack Conway of Variety, who also popularized baloney and bimbo. Further popularized by Ham Fisher in his comic strip Joe Palooka about a boxer (published in newspapers since 1930, particularly popular in 1940s).

unk

Used

But [Jack] Dempsey against some palooka who had been press agented into greatness and into the form of a Dempsey menace — that would pack any outdoor arena.

Butch: Lookin' at somethin', friend?
Vincent: I ain't your friend, palooka.

1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction:

(US, boxing, bridge, etc) Someone incompetent or untalented.


preempt

en-verb

preempt (third-person singular simple present preempts, present participle preempting, simple past and past participle preempted)

preempts (present singular third-person)
preempting (participle present)
preempted (participle past)
preempted (past)

(bridge, intransitive) To make a preemptive bid at bridge.


pass out

pass out (third-person singular simple present passes out, present participle passing out, simple past and past participle passed out)

passes out (present singular third-person)
passing out (participle present)
passed out (participle past)
passed out (past)

(bridge, transitive) To end (a round) by having passes as the first four bids.


on air

→ Japanese: オンエア (on'ea)

Broadcasting sense derived from early use of radio, literally sending the transmission on the air waves

(bridge, of a trick) Won with a high card though capturing only small cards.


re-entry

en-noun

re-entry (countable and uncountable, plural re-entries)

(card games, bridge and whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.

(card games, bridge and whist) A re-entry card.


muerto

→ Cebuano: multo

> Chavacano: multo (inherited)

→ Tagalog: multo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós. Cognate with Bengali মৃত (mrito) / মৃত্যু (mrittu), Hindi मृत (mŕt) / मृत्यु (mŕtyu)


pianola

(bridge) A hand that is easy to play, i.e. one that "plays itself".


hold-up

→ Cebuano: holdap

→ French: hold-up

→ Tagalog: holdap

This was another hand on which a holdup caused declarer to lose control and to go down in a sensational way: […]

1974, Terence Reese, Master Play in Contract Bridge, page 75:

In a holdup, a player delays taking a trick until opponents' entries are reduced.

(bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.


morto

it-noun

morto m (plural morti, feminine morta, diminutive morticìno (“dead child”), pejorative (Roman) mortàccio)

morti (plural)
morta (feminine)
morticìno (diminutive)
mortàccio (Roman pejorative)

From Vulgar Latin *mortus, from Classical Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic *mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, derived from the root *mer- (“to die; to disappear”).

(card games) a fourth, absent player
(bridge) dummy


onside

With A-Q-10 opposite x-x-x, you have a 24% chance of three tricks, both missing honors being onside. You have a 52% chance of two tricks, with one honor onside and the other offside. FInally, you have a 24% chance of making only one trick, when both the king and the jack are offside.

2000, David Bird, Marc Smith, Planning the Play in Notrump, →ISBN, page 25:

(bridge) Favourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.


Blackwood

(bridge) A bidding convention in contract bridge, used to explore the partnership's possession of aces, kings and in some variants the queen of trumps, to judge more precisely whether slam is likely to be a good contract.


tenace

(bridge) An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.


rubber bridge

The original form of contract bridge; so called because bonuses are awarded for scoring sufficient points to win games and thereby a rubber, which is the best of three games. Compare to duplicate bridge.


contract bridge

A card game in which four players, forming two partnerships, first bid then play by taking tricks.


endgame

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You can't really use squeeze plays until the endgame.

Bridge writing tends to concentrate on the end game.

1952, Iain Macleod, Bridge Is an Easy Game, page 190:

(bridge) The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.


redouble

en-verb

redouble (third-person singular simple present redoubles, present participle redoubling, simple past and past participle redoubled)

redoubles (present singular third-person)
redoubling (participle present)
redoubled (participle past)
redoubled (past)

From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.

(bridge, backgammon) To double an opponent's doubling bid.


redouble

(bridge) An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled.


no-trump

A declaration, in bridge and similar games, that a hand is to be played without a trump suit.


declarer

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From Middle English declarer, equivalent to declare + -er.

(bridge) The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump.


keycard

From key (“important”) + card (“playing card”).

compound

(bridge) In Roman keycard Blackwood, an ace of any suit or the king of trumps.


rebid

en-verb

rebid (third-person singular simple present rebids, present participle rebidding, simple past and past participle rebid)

rebids (present singular third-person)
rebidding (participle present)
rebid (participle past)
rebid (past)

(bridge) To bid a higher value of the current suit.


squeeze play

Squeeze play is an important part of the endgame.

(bridge) The tactic of running a suit to compel another player to waste potentially winning cards.


biddable

en-adj

biddable (comparative more biddable, superlative most biddable)

more biddable (comparative)
most biddable (superlative)


aces and spaces

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(bridge slang) A bridge hand with opening points based primarily on aces, so that there are not enough winners.


fitti

fitti (nominative singular)
fitit (nominative plural)
fitti (accusative nominative singular)
fitit (accusative nominative plural)
fitin (accusative genitive singular)
fitit (accusative genitive plural)
fitin (genitive singular)
fittien (genitive plural)
fittiä (partitive singular)
fittejä (partitive plural)
fitissä (inessive singular)
fiteissä (inessive plural)
fitistä (elative singular)
fiteistä (elative plural)
fittiin (illative singular)
fitteihin (illative plural)
fitillä (adessive singular)
fiteillä (adessive plural)
fitiltä (ablative singular)
fiteiltä (ablative plural)
fitille (allative singular)
fiteille (allative plural)
fittinä (essive singular)
fitteinä (essive plural)
fitiksi (singular translative)
fiteiksi (plural translative)
fitittä (abessive singular)
fiteittä (abessive plural)
fitein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
fittini (nominative singular)
fittini (nominative plural)
fittini (accusative nominative singular)
fittini (accusative nominative plural)
fittini (accusative genitive singular)
fittini (accusative genitive plural)
fittini (genitive singular)
fittieni (genitive plural)
fittiäni (partitive singular)
fittejäni (partitive plural)
fitissäni (inessive singular)
fiteissäni (inessive plural)
fitistäni (elative singular)
fiteistäni (elative plural)
fittiini (illative singular)
fitteihini (illative plural)
fitilläni (adessive singular)
fiteilläni (adessive plural)
fitiltäni (ablative singular)
fiteiltäni (ablative plural)
fitilleni (allative singular)
fiteilleni (allative plural)
fittinäni (essive singular)
fitteinäni (essive plural)
fitikseni (singular translative)
fiteikseni (plural translative)
fitittäni (abessive singular)
fiteittäni (abessive plural)
fitteineni (comitative plural)
fittisi (nominative singular)
fittisi (nominative plural)
fittisi (accusative nominative singular)
fittisi (accusative nominative plural)
fittisi (accusative genitive singular)
fittisi (accusative genitive plural)
fittisi (genitive singular)
fittiesi (genitive plural)
fittiäsi (partitive singular)
fittejäsi (partitive plural)
fitissäsi (inessive singular)
fiteissäsi (inessive plural)
fitistäsi (elative singular)
fiteistäsi (elative plural)
fittiisi (illative singular)
fitteihisi (illative plural)
fitilläsi (adessive singular)
fiteilläsi (adessive plural)
fitiltäsi (ablative singular)
fiteiltäsi (ablative plural)
fitillesi (allative singular)
fiteillesi (allative plural)
fittinäsi (essive singular)
fitteinäsi (essive plural)
fitiksesi (singular translative)
fiteiksesi (plural translative)
fitittäsi (abessive singular)
fiteittäsi (abessive plural)
fitteinesi (comitative plural)
fittimme (nominative singular)
fittimme (nominative plural)
fittimme (accusative nominative singular)
fittimme (accusative nominative plural)
fittimme (accusative genitive singular)
fittimme (accusative genitive plural)
fittimme (genitive singular)
fittiemme (genitive plural)
fittiämme (partitive singular)
fittejämme (partitive plural)
fitissämme (inessive singular)
fiteissämme (inessive plural)
fitistämme (elative singular)
fiteistämme (elative plural)
fittiimme (illative singular)
fitteihimme (illative plural)
fitillämme (adessive singular)
fiteillämme (adessive plural)
fitiltämme (ablative singular)
fiteiltämme (ablative plural)
fitillemme (allative singular)
fiteillemme (allative plural)
fittinämme (essive singular)
fitteinämme (essive plural)
fitiksemme (singular translative)
fiteiksemme (plural translative)
fitittämme (abessive singular)
fiteittämme (abessive plural)
fitteinemme (comitative plural)
fittinne (nominative singular)
fittinne (nominative plural)
fittinne (accusative nominative singular)
fittinne (accusative nominative plural)
fittinne (accusative genitive singular)
fittinne (accusative genitive plural)
fittinne (genitive singular)
fittienne (genitive plural)
fittiänne (partitive singular)
fittejänne (partitive plural)
fitissänne (inessive singular)
fiteissänne (inessive plural)
fitistänne (elative singular)
fiteistänne (elative plural)
fittiinne (illative singular)
fitteihinne (illative plural)
fitillänne (adessive singular)
fiteillänne (adessive plural)
fitiltänne (ablative singular)
fiteiltänne (ablative plural)
fitillenne (allative singular)
fiteillenne (allative plural)
fittinänne (essive singular)
fitteinänne (essive plural)
fitiksenne (singular translative)
fiteiksenne (plural translative)
fitittänne (abessive singular)
fiteittänne (abessive plural)
fitteinenne (comitative plural)
fittinsä (nominative singular)
fittinsä (nominative plural)
fittinsä (accusative nominative singular)
fittinsä (accusative nominative plural)
fittinsä (accusative genitive singular)
fittinsä (accusative genitive plural)
fittinsä (genitive singular)
fittiensä (genitive plural)
fittiään (partitive singular)
fittiänsä (partitive singular)
fittejään (partitive plural)
fittejänsä (partitive plural)
fitissään (inessive singular)
fitissänsä (inessive singular)
fiteissään (inessive plural)
fiteissänsä (inessive plural)
fitistään (elative singular)
fitistänsä (elative singular)
fiteistään (elative plural)
fiteistänsä (elative plural)
fittiinsä (illative singular)
fitteihinsä (illative plural)
fitillään (adessive singular)
fitillänsä (adessive singular)
fiteillään (adessive plural)
fiteillänsä (adessive plural)
fitiltään (ablative singular)
fitiltänsä (ablative singular)
fiteiltään (ablative plural)
fiteiltänsä (ablative plural)
fitilleen (allative singular)
fitillensä (allative singular)
fiteilleen (allative plural)
fiteillensä (allative plural)
fittinään (essive singular)
fittinänsä (essive singular)
fitteinään (essive plural)
fitteinänsä (essive plural)
fitikseen (singular translative)
fitiksensä (singular translative)
fiteikseen (plural translative)
fiteiksensä (plural translative)
fitittään (abessive singular)
fitittänsä (abessive singular)
fiteittään (abessive plural)
fiteittänsä (abessive plural)
fitteineen (comitative plural)
fitteinensä (comitative plural)

Tarjousvaiheessa pari pyrkii usein löytämään kahdeksan kortin fitin ylävärissä.

During the auction, it is often a partnership's goal to find an eight-card major suit fit.

(card games, bridge) fit (quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump)


overcall

en-verb

overcall (third-person singular simple present overcalls, present participle overcalling, simple past and past participle overcalled)

overcalls (present singular third-person)
overcalling (participle present)
overcalled (participle past)
overcalled (past)

/ˌəʊvəˈkɔːl/

/ˈəʊvəˌkɔːl/

Jill bet, Tommy called, and Julie overcalled.

(poker, bridge) To call a bet after another player has already called


overcall

/ˌəʊvəˈkɔːl/

/ˈəʊvəˌkɔːl/

(poker, bridge) A call which occurs after another player has already called


dziadek

pl-noun

dziadek m pers (diminutive dziadziuś, augmentative dziad)

dziadziuś (diminutive)
dziad (augmentative)
dziadek (nominative singular)
dziadkowie (nominative plural)
dziadki (derogatory nominative plural)
dziadka (genitive singular)
dziadków (genitive plural)
dziadkowi (dative singular)
dziadkom (dative plural)
dziadka (accusative singular)
dziadków (accusative plural)
dziadkiem (instrumental singular)
dziadkami (instrumental plural)
dziadku (locative singular)
dziadkach (locative plural)
dziadku (singular vocative)
dziadkowie (plural vocative)

gdyby babcia miała wąsy, toby była dziadkiem

(card games, chiefly bridge) dummy (player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player)


underbid

en-verb

underbid (third-person singular simple present underbids, present participle underbidding, simple past and past participle underbid)

underbids (present singular third-person)
underbidding (participle present)
underbid (participle past)
underbid (past)

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(bridge) To bid less than the full value of a hand of cards.


advancer

(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.


brydż

brydż (nominative singular)
brydża (genitive singular)
brydżowi (dative singular)
brydża (accusative singular)
brydżem (instrumental singular)
brydżu (locative singular)
brydżu (singular vocative)


kontra

kontra (nominative singular)
kontry (nominative plural)
kontry (genitive singular)
kontr (genitive plural)
kontrze (dative singular)
kontrom (dative plural)
kontrę (accusative singular)
kontry (accusative plural)
kontrą (instrumental singular)
kontrami (instrumental plural)
kontrze (locative singular)
kontrach (locative plural)
kontro (singular vocative)
kontry (plural vocative)


kontrakt

pl-noun

kontrakt m inan (diminutive kontrakcik, related adjective kontraktowy)

kontrakcik (diminutive)
kontraktowy (adjective)
kontrakt (nominative singular)
kontrakty (nominative plural)
kontraktu (genitive singular)
kontraktów (genitive plural)
kontraktowi (dative singular)
kontraktom (dative plural)
kontrakt (accusative singular)
kontrakty (accusative plural)
kontraktem (instrumental singular)
kontraktami (instrumental plural)
kontrakcie (locative singular)
kontraktach (locative plural)
kontrakcie (singular vocative)
kontrakty (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin contractus.

(bridge) contract (declarer's undertaking)


distributional

en-adj

distributional (comparative more distributional, superlative most distributional)

more distributional (comparative)
most distributional (superlative)


underruff

en-verb

underruff (third-person singular simple present underruffs, present participle underruffing, simple past and past participle underruffed)

underruffs (present singular third-person)
underruffing (participle present)
underruffed (participle past)
underruffed (past)

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And so, at trick five, when South ruffed a diamond with the board's queen of clubs, East, having a discard to make, found a gorgeous one— he underruffed with seven of trumps!

1973, Fred L. Karpin, The Art of Card Reading at Bridge, →ISBN, page 149:

(bridge) To ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent


laydown

en-noun

laydown (countable and uncountable, plural laydowns)

North-South rested in five spades, with grand slams in spades and clubs laydown.

2008 December 26, Phillip Alder, “Set the Toys Aside and Listen to What the Cards Are Saying”, in The New York Times:

(bridge) A hand which is so strong that the declarer can simply expose it and claim the number of tricks required by his or her contract.


overtrick

(bridge) A trick won by the declarer's side which exceeds the amount of the contract


underlead

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(bridge) A lead of a low card when holding the top card or cards in a suit.


underlead

en-verb

underlead (third-person singular simple present underleads, present participle underleading, simple past and past participle underled)

underleads (present singular third-person)
underleading (participle present)
underled (participle past)
underled (past)

(bridge) To lead a low card when holding the top card or cards in a suit.


endplay

At this point, South should have played a spade to dummy's ace, ruffed a spade and led her club king to catch West in a trump endplay, but she became flustered and lost two more tricks to go down one.

2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You're Playing”, Bridge, in New York Times:

(bridge) A tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks


endplay

endplay (third-person singular simple present endplays, present participle endplaying, simple past and past participle endplayed)

endplays (present singular third-person)
endplaying (participle present)
endplayed (participle past)
endplayed (past)

Then a diamond lead endplayed West.

2009 January 5, Phillip Alder, “From a Holiday Tournament, Two Points for the Price of One”, Bridge, in New York Times:


overruff

overruff (third-person singular simple present overruffs, present participle overruffing, simple past and past participle overruffed)

overruffs (present singular third-person)
overruffing (participle present)
overruffed (participle past)
overruffed (past)

(bridge) To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.


overruff

Declarer eventually lost one heart, two diamonds and the club overruff for plus 110 to win the board and leapfrog his team from third to second.

2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You’re Playing”, Bridge, in New York Times:


crossruff

When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.

2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times:

(bridge) A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand


crossruff

crossruff (third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

crossruffs (present singular third-person)
crossruffing (participle present)
crossruffed (participle past)
crossruffed (past)

(bridge) To execute a play of this kind.


doubleton

If she had had the doubleton ace of diamonds and a low club, she would have made a four-club splinter bid, showing four-card spade support, the values for game and a singleton or void in clubs.

(bridge) A pair of cards of the same suit, which are the only cards of that suit in a player's hand


semiforce

semiforce (third-person singular simple present semiforces, present participle semiforcing, simple past and past participle semiforced)

semiforces (present singular third-person)
semiforcing (participle present)
semiforced (participle past)
semiforced (past)

After North opened one spade, South responded one no-trump, semiforcing.

2009 January 15, Phillip Alder, “Scrutinizing the Dummy to Develop the Defense”, Bridge, in New York Times:

(bridge) To force a partner's hand conditionally


sangi

sangi (nominative singular)
sangit (nominative plural)
sangi (accusative nominative singular)
sangit (accusative nominative plural)
sangin (accusative genitive singular)
sangit (accusative genitive plural)
sangin (genitive singular)
sangien (genitive plural)
sangia (partitive singular)
sangeja (partitive plural)
sangissa (inessive singular)
sangeissa (inessive plural)
sangista (elative singular)
sangeista (elative plural)
sangiin (illative singular)
sangeihin (illative plural)
sangilla (adessive singular)
sangeilla (adessive plural)
sangilta (ablative singular)
sangeilta (ablative plural)
sangille (allative singular)
sangeille (allative plural)
sangina (essive singular)
sangeina (essive plural)
sangiksi (singular translative)
sangeiksi (plural translative)
sangitta (abessive singular)
sangeitta (abessive plural)
sangein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sangini (nominative singular)
sangini (nominative plural)
sangini (accusative nominative singular)
sangini (accusative nominative plural)
sangini (accusative genitive singular)
sangini (accusative genitive plural)
sangini (genitive singular)
sangieni (genitive plural)
sangiani (partitive singular)
sangejani (partitive plural)
sangissani (inessive singular)
sangeissani (inessive plural)
sangistani (elative singular)
sangeistani (elative plural)
sangiini (illative singular)
sangeihini (illative plural)
sangillani (adessive singular)
sangeillani (adessive plural)
sangiltani (ablative singular)
sangeiltani (ablative plural)
sangilleni (allative singular)
sangeilleni (allative plural)
sanginani (essive singular)
sangeinani (essive plural)
sangikseni (singular translative)
sangeikseni (plural translative)
sangittani (abessive singular)
sangeittani (abessive plural)
sangeineni (comitative plural)
sangisi (nominative singular)
sangisi (nominative plural)
sangisi (accusative nominative singular)
sangisi (accusative nominative plural)
sangisi (accusative genitive singular)
sangisi (accusative genitive plural)
sangisi (genitive singular)
sangiesi (genitive plural)
sangiasi (partitive singular)
sangejasi (partitive plural)
sangissasi (inessive singular)
sangeissasi (inessive plural)
sangistasi (elative singular)
sangeistasi (elative plural)
sangiisi (illative singular)
sangeihisi (illative plural)
sangillasi (adessive singular)
sangeillasi (adessive plural)
sangiltasi (ablative singular)
sangeiltasi (ablative plural)
sangillesi (allative singular)
sangeillesi (allative plural)
sanginasi (essive singular)
sangeinasi (essive plural)
sangiksesi (singular translative)
sangeiksesi (plural translative)
sangittasi (abessive singular)
sangeittasi (abessive plural)
sangeinesi (comitative plural)
sangimme (nominative singular)
sangimme (nominative plural)
sangimme (accusative nominative singular)
sangimme (accusative nominative plural)
sangimme (accusative genitive singular)
sangimme (accusative genitive plural)
sangimme (genitive singular)
sangiemme (genitive plural)
sangiamme (partitive singular)
sangejamme (partitive plural)
sangissamme (inessive singular)
sangeissamme (inessive plural)
sangistamme (elative singular)
sangeistamme (elative plural)
sangiimme (illative singular)
sangeihimme (illative plural)
sangillamme (adessive singular)
sangeillamme (adessive plural)
sangiltamme (ablative singular)
sangeiltamme (ablative plural)
sangillemme (allative singular)
sangeillemme (allative plural)
sanginamme (essive singular)
sangeinamme (essive plural)
sangiksemme (singular translative)
sangeiksemme (plural translative)
sangittamme (abessive singular)
sangeittamme (abessive plural)
sangeinemme (comitative plural)
sanginne (nominative singular)
sanginne (nominative plural)
sanginne (accusative nominative singular)
sanginne (accusative nominative plural)
sanginne (accusative genitive singular)
sanginne (accusative genitive plural)
sanginne (genitive singular)
sangienne (genitive plural)
sangianne (partitive singular)
sangejanne (partitive plural)
sangissanne (inessive singular)
sangeissanne (inessive plural)
sangistanne (elative singular)
sangeistanne (elative plural)
sangiinne (illative singular)
sangeihinne (illative plural)
sangillanne (adessive singular)
sangeillanne (adessive plural)
sangiltanne (ablative singular)
sangeiltanne (ablative plural)
sangillenne (allative singular)
sangeillenne (allative plural)
sanginanne (essive singular)
sangeinanne (essive plural)
sangiksenne (singular translative)
sangeiksenne (plural translative)
sangittanne (abessive singular)
sangeittanne (abessive plural)
sangeinenne (comitative plural)
sanginsa (nominative singular)
sanginsa (nominative plural)
sanginsa (accusative nominative singular)
sanginsa (accusative nominative plural)
sanginsa (accusative genitive singular)
sanginsa (accusative genitive plural)
sanginsa (genitive singular)
sangiensa (genitive plural)
sangiaan (partitive singular)
sangiansa (partitive singular)
sangejaan (partitive plural)
sangejansa (partitive plural)
sangissaan (inessive singular)
sangissansa (inessive singular)
sangeissaan (inessive plural)
sangeissansa (inessive plural)
sangistaan (elative singular)
sangistansa (elative singular)
sangeistaan (elative plural)
sangeistansa (elative plural)
sangiinsa (illative singular)
sangeihinsa (illative plural)
sangillaan (adessive singular)
sangillansa (adessive singular)
sangeillaan (adessive plural)
sangeillansa (adessive plural)
sangiltaan (ablative singular)
sangiltansa (ablative singular)
sangeiltaan (ablative plural)
sangeiltansa (ablative plural)
sangilleen (allative singular)
sangillensa (allative singular)
sangeilleen (allative plural)
sangeillensa (allative plural)
sanginaan (essive singular)
sanginansa (essive singular)
sangeinaan (essive plural)
sangeinansa (essive plural)
sangikseen (singular translative)
sangiksensa (singular translative)
sangeikseen (plural translative)
sangeiksensa (plural translative)
sangittaan (abessive singular)
sangittansa (abessive singular)
sangeittaan (abessive plural)
sangeittansa (abessive plural)
sangeineen (comitative plural)
sangeinensa (comitative plural)

Related to and likely borrowed from Swedish sang, which is ultimately from French sans-atout.

(card games) no-trump (hand that is to be played without a trump suit)


tripleton

It means that you lead low from a doubleton and the middle card from a tripleton.

2007 August 9, Phillip Alder, “For a Young Polish Player, One Trip Yields Two Gold Medals”, in New York Times:

(bridge) Three cards of the same suit, held in a dealt hand


nonforcing

Zia settled for a quiet, nonforcing (because he was a passed hand) two-diamond response.

2007 April 9, “Same Fistful of Diamonds, Two Very Different Openings”, in New York Times:


major suit

(bridge) Either of the suits of spades (♠) and hearts (♥), which rank higher than the minor suits (diamonds and clubs).


minor suit

(bridge) Either of the suits of diamonds (♦) and clubs (♣), which rank lower than the major suits (spades and hearts).


falsecard

(bridge) A card played in order to deceive an opponent as to one's true holding


falsecard

falsecard (third-person singular simple present falsecards, present participle falsecarding, simple past and past participle falsecarded)

falsecards (present singular third-person)
falsecarding (participle present)
falsecarded (participle past)
falsecarded (past)

East returned the diamond eight, the higher of his two remaining cards, on which declarer falsecarded with his ten.

2008 March 31, Phillip Alder, “In Amsterdam, Overtime on the Way to a Title”, in New York Times:


undertrick

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Then the Netherlands scored an additional 3 imps for one fewer undertrick in a vulnerable one no-trump.

2007 February 22, Phillip Alder, “Strong Spade Suit Helps Decide a Hard-Fought Match in Japan”, in New York Times:

(bridge) A trick that declarer does not win, causing the contract to go down.


Acol

After the name of a road in London, England, where it began to evolve at a bridge club in the 1930s.

British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth

(bridge) A bidding system, commonly used in the British Commonwealth, in which bidding is kept as natural as possible.


antipositional

en-adj

antipositional (comparative more antipositional, superlative most antipositional)

more antipositional (comparative)
most antipositional (superlative)

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(bridge) Tending to undermine or harm one's position.

antiposicional

tending to undermine or harm one's position


ghoulie

(bridge) contract bridge in which only goulash hands are played (usually used in the plural)


contrare

it-verb

contràre (first-person singular present còntro, first-person singular past historic contrài, past participle contràto, auxiliary avére)

contràre (canonical)
còntro (first-person present singular)
contrài (first-person historic past singular)
contràto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
contràre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
contràndo (gerund)
contrànte (participle present)
contràto (participle past)
còntro (first-person indicative present singular)
còntri (indicative present second-person singular)
còntra (indicative present singular third-person)
contriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
contràte (indicative plural present second-person)
còntrano (indicative plural present third-person)
contràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
contràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
contràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
contravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
contravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
contràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
contrài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
contràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
contrò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
contràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
contràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
contràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
contrerò (first-person future indicative singular)
contrerài (future indicative second-person singular)
contrerà (future indicative singular third-person)
contrerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
contreréte (future indicative plural second-person)
contrerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
contrerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
contrerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
contrerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
contrerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
contrerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
contreréste (conditional plural present second-person)
contrerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
contrerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
còntri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
còntri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
còntri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
contriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
contriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
còntrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
contràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
contràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
contràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
contràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
contràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
contràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
còntra (imperative second-person singular)
còntri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
contriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
contràte (imperative plural second-person)
còntrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
contràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
còntri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
contriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
contràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
còntrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From French contre + -are (1ˢᵗ-conjugation verbalizing suffix).


signoff

en-noun

signoff (countable and uncountable, plural signoffs)

Jack North then tried for game with two no-trump before respecting his partner’s signoff in three diamonds.

2009 September 26, Phillip Alder, “Jack Gets Bragging Rights in Computer Battle”, in New York Times:

(bridge) A bid indicating that one's partner should pass.


rozkład

rozkład (nominative singular)
rozkłady (nominative plural)
rozkładu (genitive singular)
rozkładów (genitive plural)
rozkładowi (dative singular)
rozkładom (dative plural)
rozkład (accusative singular)
rozkłady (accusative plural)
rozkładem (instrumental singular)
rozkładami (instrumental plural)
rozkładzie (locative singular)
rozkładach (locative plural)
rozkładzie (singular vocative)
rozkłady (plural vocative)

Deverbal from rozkładać. First attested in 1780.

ref

Nayiasnieyszy Krolu Panie Nasz Miłosciwy! Nayiasnieysze Rzpltey Skonfederowane Stany (in Polish), 1780, page 8

(bridge) distribution (manner in which cards are dealt)


checkback

True, you need some form of checkback, which is an artificial two-club or two-diamond rebid by the responder to ask for more information.

2007 May 10, Phillip Alder, “From a Nevada Tournament, Defense by the Textbook”, in New York Times:

(bridge) A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds.


overcaller

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The no-trump overcaller completes the transfer, and his partner will bid again when strong.

2007 May 19, Phillip Alder, “The Cavendish Wasn’t the Only Game in Town”, in New York Times:


grand chelem

/ɡʁɑ̃ ʃ(ə).lɛm/


impas

impas (nominative singular)
impasy (nominative plural)
impasu (genitive singular)
impasów (genitive plural)
impasowi (dative singular)
impasom (dative plural)
impas (accusative singular)
impasy (accusative plural)
impasem (instrumental singular)
impasami (instrumental plural)
impasie (locative singular)
impasach (locative plural)
impasie (singular vocative)
impasy (plural vocative)

(bridge) stalemate (forcing the opponent to play with a card of a lower value and then reraising the card with one of a higher value)


partscore

At the other tables, Lady Billingham made five diamonds exactly, but both Commons pairs cautiously stopped in partscores.

2007 November 3, Phillip Alder, “The Lords Take the Lead in a Long-Running Battle”, in New York Times:

(bridge) A trick score less than 100, obtained by making a contract.


superaccept

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South’s jump to three spades, a superaccept, announced four-card spade support, a maximum and (typically) a doubleton somewhere.

2008 March 3, Phillip Alder, “In Las Vegas, It’s All About the Odds”, in New York Times:

(bridge) A strongly encouraging response to a transfer.


masterpoint

He also captured numerous regional and sectional titles, accumulating 18,202.10 masterpoints.

2009 February 2, Phillip Alder, “A Teacher’s Final Lesson”, in New York Times:

(bridge) One of the points awarded by various bridge organisations for success in tournaments.


misdefend

en-verb

misdefend (third-person singular simple present misdefends, present participle misdefending, simple past and past participle misdefended)

misdefends (present singular third-person)
misdefending (participle present)
misdefended (participle past)
misdefended (past)

After a flat board, Wbridge5 misdefended to allow a second overtrick in three no-trump.

(transitive, chiefly bridge) To defend incorrectly.


cuebid

(bridge) A bid of a suit that has already been bid by opponents.

(bridge) A slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit.


above the line

(bridge) In the part of the score sheet in bridge that is reserved for honors, penalty, and premiums; a score that does not count towards game.


анонс

bg-noun

ано́нс • (anóns) m

ано́нс (canonical)
anóns (romanization)
ано́нс (indefinite singular)
ано́нси (indefinite plural)
ано́нсът (definite singular subjective)
ано́нсите (definite plural subjective)
ано́нса (definite objective singular)
ано́нсите (definite objective plural)
ано́нса (count-form plural)


bidding box

(bridge) A box holding cards with calls printed on them, allowing a player to bid without speaking.


arrow switch

(bridge) The action of changing the North direction during an event, typically for the last round of a Mitchell movement, so that the pairs who were North-South become East-West and vice versa. This allows a single winning pair to be determined.


Bath coup

Presumably named after the city of Bath, England.

(bridge) A coup where the declarer, holding AJx in a suit, ducks the left-hand opponent's lead of a king or queen.


established suit

en-noun

established suit (plural established suits)

(bridge, whist) A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all of his or her remaining cards.


little slam

(bridge, whist) The winning of 12 out of the 13 tricks.


Morton's fork

Said to have originated with the collecting of taxes by John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury in the late 15th century, who held that a man living modestly must be saving money and could therefore afford taxes, whereas one living extravagantly was obviously rich and could still afford them.

(bridge) A coup in contract bridge that forces an opponent to choose between letting declarer establish extra tricks in the suit led, or losing the opportunity to win any trick in the suit led.


below the line

If they make 2 hearts they will score 60 points below the line but as this is the first hand of the game they will not have already made another part score.

2006, Barry Teare, Problem-Solving and Thinking Skills Resources for Able and Talented Children, page 118:

(bridge) Pertaining to points scored for tricks bid and won, which count towards game.


Flannery

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.

der

(bridge) A convention using a 2♦ opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts.


Yarborough

(bridge) A hand that contains no honors.


otwarcie

otwarcie (nominative singular)
otwarcia (nominative plural)
otwarcia (genitive singular)
otwarć (genitive plural)
otwarciu (dative singular)
otwarciom (dative plural)
otwarcie (accusative singular)
otwarcia (accusative plural)
otwarciem (instrumental singular)
otwarciami (instrumental plural)
otwarciu (locative singular)
otwarciach (locative plural)
otwarcie (singular vocative)
otwarcia (plural vocative)

(bridge, chess, countable) opening (the initial part of a game such as bridge or chess)


lepääjä

lepääjä (nominative singular)
lepääjät (nominative plural)
lepääjä (accusative nominative singular)
lepääjät (accusative nominative plural)
lepääjän (accusative genitive singular)
lepääjät (accusative genitive plural)
lepääjän (genitive singular)
lepääjien (genitive plural)
lepääjäin (genitive plural rare)
lepääjää (partitive singular)
lepääjiä (partitive plural)
lepääjässä (inessive singular)
lepääjissä (inessive plural)
lepääjästä (elative singular)
lepääjistä (elative plural)
lepääjään (illative singular)
lepääjiin (illative plural)
lepääjällä (adessive singular)
lepääjillä (adessive plural)
lepääjältä (ablative singular)
lepääjiltä (ablative plural)
lepääjälle (allative singular)
lepääjille (allative plural)
lepääjänä (essive singular)
lepääjinä (essive plural)
lepääjäksi (singular translative)
lepääjiksi (plural translative)
lepääjättä (abessive singular)
lepääjittä (abessive plural)
lepääjin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
lepääjäni (nominative singular)
lepääjäni (nominative plural)
lepääjäni (accusative nominative singular)
lepääjäni (accusative nominative plural)
lepääjäni (accusative genitive singular)
lepääjäni (accusative genitive plural)
lepääjäni (genitive singular)
lepääjieni (genitive plural)
lepääjäini (genitive plural rare)
lepääjääni (partitive singular)
lepääjiäni (partitive plural)
lepääjässäni (inessive singular)
lepääjissäni (inessive plural)
lepääjästäni (elative singular)
lepääjistäni (elative plural)
lepääjääni (illative singular)
lepääjiini (illative plural)
lepääjälläni (adessive singular)
lepääjilläni (adessive plural)
lepääjältäni (ablative singular)
lepääjiltäni (ablative plural)
lepääjälleni (allative singular)
lepääjilleni (allative plural)
lepääjänäni (essive singular)
lepääjinäni (essive plural)
lepääjäkseni (singular translative)
lepääjikseni (plural translative)
lepääjättäni (abessive singular)
lepääjittäni (abessive plural)
lepääjineni (comitative plural)
lepääjäsi (nominative singular)
lepääjäsi (nominative plural)
lepääjäsi (accusative nominative singular)
lepääjäsi (accusative nominative plural)
lepääjäsi (accusative genitive singular)
lepääjäsi (accusative genitive plural)
lepääjäsi (genitive singular)
lepääjiesi (genitive plural)
lepääjäisi (genitive plural rare)
lepääjääsi (partitive singular)
lepääjiäsi (partitive plural)
lepääjässäsi (inessive singular)
lepääjissäsi (inessive plural)
lepääjästäsi (elative singular)
lepääjistäsi (elative plural)
lepääjääsi (illative singular)
lepääjiisi (illative plural)
lepääjälläsi (adessive singular)
lepääjilläsi (adessive plural)
lepääjältäsi (ablative singular)
lepääjiltäsi (ablative plural)
lepääjällesi (allative singular)
lepääjillesi (allative plural)
lepääjänäsi (essive singular)
lepääjinäsi (essive plural)
lepääjäksesi (singular translative)
lepääjiksesi (plural translative)
lepääjättäsi (abessive singular)
lepääjittäsi (abessive plural)
lepääjinesi (comitative plural)
lepääjämme (nominative singular)
lepääjämme (nominative plural)
lepääjämme (accusative nominative singular)
lepääjämme (accusative nominative plural)
lepääjämme (accusative genitive singular)
lepääjämme (accusative genitive plural)
lepääjämme (genitive singular)
lepääjiemme (genitive plural)
lepääjäimme (genitive plural rare)
lepääjäämme (partitive singular)
lepääjiämme (partitive plural)
lepääjässämme (inessive singular)
lepääjissämme (inessive plural)
lepääjästämme (elative singular)
lepääjistämme (elative plural)
lepääjäämme (illative singular)
lepääjiimme (illative plural)
lepääjällämme (adessive singular)
lepääjillämme (adessive plural)
lepääjältämme (ablative singular)
lepääjiltämme (ablative plural)
lepääjällemme (allative singular)
lepääjillemme (allative plural)
lepääjänämme (essive singular)
lepääjinämme (essive plural)
lepääjäksemme (singular translative)
lepääjiksemme (plural translative)
lepääjättämme (abessive singular)
lepääjittämme (abessive plural)
lepääjinemme (comitative plural)
lepääjänne (nominative singular)
lepääjänne (nominative plural)
lepääjänne (accusative nominative singular)
lepääjänne (accusative nominative plural)
lepääjänne (accusative genitive singular)
lepääjänne (accusative genitive plural)
lepääjänne (genitive singular)
lepääjienne (genitive plural)
lepääjäinne (genitive plural rare)
lepääjäänne (partitive singular)
lepääjiänne (partitive plural)
lepääjässänne (inessive singular)
lepääjissänne (inessive plural)
lepääjästänne (elative singular)
lepääjistänne (elative plural)
lepääjäänne (illative singular)
lepääjiinne (illative plural)
lepääjällänne (adessive singular)
lepääjillänne (adessive plural)
lepääjältänne (ablative singular)
lepääjiltänne (ablative plural)
lepääjällenne (allative singular)
lepääjillenne (allative plural)
lepääjänänne (essive singular)
lepääjinänne (essive plural)
lepääjäksenne (singular translative)
lepääjiksenne (plural translative)
lepääjättänne (abessive singular)
lepääjittänne (abessive plural)
lepääjinenne (comitative plural)
lepääjänsä (nominative singular)
lepääjänsä (nominative plural)
lepääjänsä (accusative nominative singular)
lepääjänsä (accusative nominative plural)
lepääjänsä (accusative genitive singular)
lepääjänsä (accusative genitive plural)
lepääjänsä (genitive singular)
lepääjiensä (genitive plural)
lepääjäinsä (genitive plural rare)
lepääjäänsä (partitive singular)
lepääjiään (partitive plural)
lepääjiänsä (partitive plural)
lepääjässään (inessive singular)
lepääjässänsä (inessive singular)
lepääjissään (inessive plural)
lepääjissänsä (inessive plural)
lepääjästään (elative singular)
lepääjästänsä (elative singular)
lepääjistään (elative plural)
lepääjistänsä (elative plural)
lepääjäänsä (illative singular)
lepääjiinsä (illative plural)
lepääjällään (adessive singular)
lepääjällänsä (adessive singular)
lepääjillään (adessive plural)
lepääjillänsä (adessive plural)
lepääjältään (ablative singular)
lepääjältänsä (ablative singular)
lepääjiltään (ablative plural)
lepääjiltänsä (ablative plural)
lepääjälleen (allative singular)
lepääjällensä (allative singular)
lepääjilleen (allative plural)
lepääjillensä (allative plural)
lepääjänään (essive singular)
lepääjänänsä (essive singular)
lepääjinään (essive plural)
lepääjinänsä (essive plural)
lepääjäkseen (singular translative)
lepääjäksensä (singular translative)
lepääjikseen (plural translative)
lepääjiksensä (plural translative)
lepääjättään (abessive singular)
lepääjättänsä (abessive singular)
lepääjittään (abessive plural)
lepääjittänsä (abessive plural)
lepääjineen (comitative plural)
lepääjinensä (comitative plural)


carteador

es-noun

carteador m (plural carteadores, feminine carteadora, feminine plural carteadoras)

carteadores (plural)
carteadora (feminine)
carteadoras (feminine plural)


Lizitation

de-noun

Lizitation f (genitive Lizitation, plural Lizitationen)

Lizitation (genitive)
Lizitationen (plural)
Lizitation (nominative singular)
Lizitationen (definite nominative plural)
Lizitation (genitive singular)
Lizitationen (definite genitive plural)
Lizitation (dative singular)
Lizitationen (dative definite plural)
Lizitation (accusative singular)
Lizitationen (accusative definite plural)

(Austria, card games, especially bridge) bidding


limit bid

OK, you are the captain (partner opened with a limit bid).

2009, Eric v.d. Luft, How I Became a Life Master Playing the Weak No Trump, page 18:

When the responder made a limit bid, the opener may already be in a position to name the final contract.

2011, David Bird, Bridge Made Easy: Flash, page 5:

If you raise a partner's opening suit bid from one to two, it is also a limit bid, showing six to nine points.

2012, Harry Lampert, The Fun Way to Serious Bridge, page 62:

(bridge) A bid that describes the bidders hand fairly precisely (indicating a small range of high card points and some indication of shape.)


alertable

Bids marked in red on the convention card must be alerted. Cue-bids of an opponent's suit, however, are not alertable.

1991, Albert Hodges Morehead, Edmond Hoyle, The New Complete Hoyle, page 165:

ln general, natural bids are not Alertable.

1994, Audrey Grant, The Spade Series: An Introduction to Duplicate Bridge, page 165:

To alert those calls you may use the alert card in the bidding box or simply say "alert" when partner makes an alertable call.

2009, Jean J. Reaves, Conventional Wisdom Plus: A Comprehensive Guide to Modern Bridge Conventions:

(bridge) Requiring the partner of the person making a bid to alert the opponents that the bid's meaning involves a partnership understanding that is not readily understood.


non-alertable

To my dismay, the editorial in this month's Bridge World takes the opposite position, arguing that under the rules as written, alerting a non-alertable bid is a violation.

2018 May 24, Marty Harris, “Alert after non forcing bid”, in Bridge Winners:

(bridge) Not alertable; Not requiring the partner to alert as part of a partnership agreement.


double chicane

(bridge) The situation where a player and his/her partner both hold hands without trumps.


HCP

en-noun

HCP (countable and uncountable, plural HCPs)


legge opp

head

legge opp (present tense legg opp, past tense la opp, supine lagt opp, past participle opplagd, imperative legg opp)

legg opp (present)
la opp (past)
lagt opp (supine)
opplagd (participle past)
legg opp (imperative)

(card games, especially bridge) to show one's entire deck


yläväri

yläväri (nominative singular)
ylävärit (nominative plural)
yläväri (accusative nominative singular)
ylävärit (accusative nominative plural)
ylävärin (accusative genitive singular)
ylävärit (accusative genitive plural)
ylävärin (genitive singular)
ylävärien (genitive plural)
yläväriä (partitive singular)
ylävärejä (partitive plural)
ylävärissä (inessive singular)
yläväreissä (inessive plural)
yläväristä (elative singular)
yläväreistä (elative plural)
yläväriin (illative singular)
yläväreihin (illative plural)
ylävärillä (adessive singular)
yläväreillä (adessive plural)
yläväriltä (ablative singular)
yläväreiltä (ablative plural)
ylävärille (allative singular)
yläväreille (allative plural)
ylävärinä (essive singular)
yläväreinä (essive plural)
yläväriksi (singular translative)
yläväreiksi (plural translative)
ylävärittä (abessive singular)
yläväreittä (abessive plural)
ylävärein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ylävärini (nominative singular)
ylävärini (nominative plural)
ylävärini (accusative nominative singular)
ylävärini (accusative nominative plural)
ylävärini (accusative genitive singular)
ylävärini (accusative genitive plural)
ylävärini (genitive singular)
ylävärieni (genitive plural)
yläväriäni (partitive singular)
ylävärejäni (partitive plural)
ylävärissäni (inessive singular)
yläväreissäni (inessive plural)
yläväristäni (elative singular)
yläväreistäni (elative plural)
yläväriini (illative singular)
yläväreihini (illative plural)
ylävärilläni (adessive singular)
yläväreilläni (adessive plural)
yläväriltäni (ablative singular)
yläväreiltäni (ablative plural)
ylävärilleni (allative singular)
yläväreilleni (allative plural)
ylävärinäni (essive singular)
yläväreinäni (essive plural)
ylävärikseni (singular translative)
yläväreikseni (plural translative)
ylävärittäni (abessive singular)
yläväreittäni (abessive plural)
yläväreineni (comitative plural)
ylävärisi (nominative singular)
ylävärisi (nominative plural)
ylävärisi (accusative nominative singular)
ylävärisi (accusative nominative plural)
ylävärisi (accusative genitive singular)
ylävärisi (accusative genitive plural)
ylävärisi (genitive singular)
yläväriesi (genitive plural)
yläväriäsi (partitive singular)
ylävärejäsi (partitive plural)
ylävärissäsi (inessive singular)
yläväreissäsi (inessive plural)
yläväristäsi (elative singular)
yläväreistäsi (elative plural)
yläväriisi (illative singular)
yläväreihisi (illative plural)
ylävärilläsi (adessive singular)
yläväreilläsi (adessive plural)
yläväriltäsi (ablative singular)
yläväreiltäsi (ablative plural)
ylävärillesi (allative singular)
yläväreillesi (allative plural)
ylävärinäsi (essive singular)
yläväreinäsi (essive plural)
yläväriksesi (singular translative)
yläväreiksesi (plural translative)
ylävärittäsi (abessive singular)
yläväreittäsi (abessive plural)
yläväreinesi (comitative plural)
ylävärimme (nominative singular)
ylävärimme (nominative plural)
ylävärimme (accusative nominative singular)
ylävärimme (accusative nominative plural)
ylävärimme (accusative genitive singular)
ylävärimme (accusative genitive plural)
ylävärimme (genitive singular)
yläväriemme (genitive plural)
yläväriämme (partitive singular)
ylävärejämme (partitive plural)
ylävärissämme (inessive singular)
yläväreissämme (inessive plural)
yläväristämme (elative singular)
yläväreistämme (elative plural)
yläväriimme (illative singular)
yläväreihimme (illative plural)
ylävärillämme (adessive singular)
yläväreillämme (adessive plural)
yläväriltämme (ablative singular)
yläväreiltämme (ablative plural)
ylävärillemme (allative singular)
yläväreillemme (allative plural)
ylävärinämme (essive singular)
yläväreinämme (essive plural)
yläväriksemme (singular translative)
yläväreiksemme (plural translative)
ylävärittämme (abessive singular)
yläväreittämme (abessive plural)
yläväreinemme (comitative plural)
ylävärinne (nominative singular)
ylävärinne (nominative plural)
ylävärinne (accusative nominative singular)
ylävärinne (accusative nominative plural)
ylävärinne (accusative genitive singular)
ylävärinne (accusative genitive plural)
ylävärinne (genitive singular)
ylävärienne (genitive plural)
yläväriänne (partitive singular)
ylävärejänne (partitive plural)
ylävärissänne (inessive singular)
yläväreissänne (inessive plural)
yläväristänne (elative singular)
yläväreistänne (elative plural)
yläväriinne (illative singular)
yläväreihinne (illative plural)
ylävärillänne (adessive singular)
yläväreillänne (adessive plural)
yläväriltänne (ablative singular)
yläväreiltänne (ablative plural)
ylävärillenne (allative singular)
yläväreillenne (allative plural)
ylävärinänne (essive singular)
yläväreinänne (essive plural)
yläväriksenne (singular translative)
yläväreiksenne (plural translative)
ylävärittänne (abessive singular)
yläväreittänne (abessive plural)
yläväreinenne (comitative plural)
ylävärinsä (nominative singular)
ylävärinsä (nominative plural)
ylävärinsä (accusative nominative singular)
ylävärinsä (accusative nominative plural)
ylävärinsä (accusative genitive singular)
ylävärinsä (accusative genitive plural)
ylävärinsä (genitive singular)
yläväriensä (genitive plural)
yläväriään (partitive singular)
yläväriänsä (partitive singular)
ylävärejään (partitive plural)
ylävärejänsä (partitive plural)
ylävärissään (inessive singular)
ylävärissänsä (inessive singular)
yläväreissään (inessive plural)
yläväreissänsä (inessive plural)
yläväristään (elative singular)
yläväristänsä (elative singular)
yläväreistään (elative plural)
yläväreistänsä (elative plural)
yläväriinsä (illative singular)
yläväreihinsä (illative plural)
ylävärillään (adessive singular)
ylävärillänsä (adessive singular)
yläväreillään (adessive plural)
yläväreillänsä (adessive plural)
yläväriltään (ablative singular)
yläväriltänsä (ablative singular)
yläväreiltään (ablative plural)
yläväreiltänsä (ablative plural)
ylävärilleen (allative singular)
ylävärillensä (allative singular)
yläväreilleen (allative plural)
yläväreillensä (allative plural)
ylävärinään (essive singular)
ylävärinänsä (essive singular)
yläväreinään (essive plural)
yläväreinänsä (essive plural)
ylävärikseen (singular translative)
yläväriksensä (singular translative)
yläväreikseen (plural translative)
yläväreiksensä (plural translative)
ylävärittään (abessive singular)
ylävärittänsä (abessive singular)
yläväreittään (abessive plural)
yläväreittänsä (abessive plural)
yläväreineen (comitative plural)
yläväreinensä (comitative plural)

(bridge, card games) major suit (hearts or spades)


alaväri

alaväri (nominative singular)
alavärit (nominative plural)
alaväri (accusative nominative singular)
alavärit (accusative nominative plural)
alavärin (accusative genitive singular)
alavärit (accusative genitive plural)
alavärin (genitive singular)
alavärien (genitive plural)
alaväriä (partitive singular)
alavärejä (partitive plural)
alavärissä (inessive singular)
alaväreissä (inessive plural)
alaväristä (elative singular)
alaväreistä (elative plural)
alaväriin (illative singular)
alaväreihin (illative plural)
alavärillä (adessive singular)
alaväreillä (adessive plural)
alaväriltä (ablative singular)
alaväreiltä (ablative plural)
alavärille (allative singular)
alaväreille (allative plural)
alavärinä (essive singular)
alaväreinä (essive plural)
alaväriksi (singular translative)
alaväreiksi (plural translative)
alavärittä (abessive singular)
alaväreittä (abessive plural)
alavärein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
alavärini (nominative singular)
alavärini (nominative plural)
alavärini (accusative nominative singular)
alavärini (accusative nominative plural)
alavärini (accusative genitive singular)
alavärini (accusative genitive plural)
alavärini (genitive singular)
alavärieni (genitive plural)
alaväriäni (partitive singular)
alavärejäni (partitive plural)
alavärissäni (inessive singular)
alaväreissäni (inessive plural)
alaväristäni (elative singular)
alaväreistäni (elative plural)
alaväriini (illative singular)
alaväreihini (illative plural)
alavärilläni (adessive singular)
alaväreilläni (adessive plural)
alaväriltäni (ablative singular)
alaväreiltäni (ablative plural)
alavärilleni (allative singular)
alaväreilleni (allative plural)
alavärinäni (essive singular)
alaväreinäni (essive plural)
alavärikseni (singular translative)
alaväreikseni (plural translative)
alavärittäni (abessive singular)
alaväreittäni (abessive plural)
alaväreineni (comitative plural)
alavärisi (nominative singular)
alavärisi (nominative plural)
alavärisi (accusative nominative singular)
alavärisi (accusative nominative plural)
alavärisi (accusative genitive singular)
alavärisi (accusative genitive plural)
alavärisi (genitive singular)
alaväriesi (genitive plural)
alaväriäsi (partitive singular)
alavärejäsi (partitive plural)
alavärissäsi (inessive singular)
alaväreissäsi (inessive plural)
alaväristäsi (elative singular)
alaväreistäsi (elative plural)
alaväriisi (illative singular)
alaväreihisi (illative plural)
alavärilläsi (adessive singular)
alaväreilläsi (adessive plural)
alaväriltäsi (ablative singular)
alaväreiltäsi (ablative plural)
alavärillesi (allative singular)
alaväreillesi (allative plural)
alavärinäsi (essive singular)
alaväreinäsi (essive plural)
alaväriksesi (singular translative)
alaväreiksesi (plural translative)
alavärittäsi (abessive singular)
alaväreittäsi (abessive plural)
alaväreinesi (comitative plural)
alavärimme (nominative singular)
alavärimme (nominative plural)
alavärimme (accusative nominative singular)
alavärimme (accusative nominative plural)
alavärimme (accusative genitive singular)
alavärimme (accusative genitive plural)
alavärimme (genitive singular)
alaväriemme (genitive plural)
alaväriämme (partitive singular)
alavärejämme (partitive plural)
alavärissämme (inessive singular)
alaväreissämme (inessive plural)
alaväristämme (elative singular)
alaväreistämme (elative plural)
alaväriimme (illative singular)
alaväreihimme (illative plural)
alavärillämme (adessive singular)
alaväreillämme (adessive plural)
alaväriltämme (ablative singular)
alaväreiltämme (ablative plural)
alavärillemme (allative singular)
alaväreillemme (allative plural)
alavärinämme (essive singular)
alaväreinämme (essive plural)
alaväriksemme (singular translative)
alaväreiksemme (plural translative)
alavärittämme (abessive singular)
alaväreittämme (abessive plural)
alaväreinemme (comitative plural)
alavärinne (nominative singular)
alavärinne (nominative plural)
alavärinne (accusative nominative singular)
alavärinne (accusative nominative plural)
alavärinne (accusative genitive singular)
alavärinne (accusative genitive plural)
alavärinne (genitive singular)
alavärienne (genitive plural)
alaväriänne (partitive singular)
alavärejänne (partitive plural)
alavärissänne (inessive singular)
alaväreissänne (inessive plural)
alaväristänne (elative singular)
alaväreistänne (elative plural)
alaväriinne (illative singular)
alaväreihinne (illative plural)
alavärillänne (adessive singular)
alaväreillänne (adessive plural)
alaväriltänne (ablative singular)
alaväreiltänne (ablative plural)
alavärillenne (allative singular)
alaväreillenne (allative plural)
alavärinänne (essive singular)
alaväreinänne (essive plural)
alaväriksenne (singular translative)
alaväreiksenne (plural translative)
alavärittänne (abessive singular)
alaväreittänne (abessive plural)
alaväreinenne (comitative plural)
alavärinsä (nominative singular)
alavärinsä (nominative plural)
alavärinsä (accusative nominative singular)
alavärinsä (accusative nominative plural)
alavärinsä (accusative genitive singular)
alavärinsä (accusative genitive plural)
alavärinsä (genitive singular)
alaväriensä (genitive plural)
alaväriään (partitive singular)
alaväriänsä (partitive singular)
alavärejään (partitive plural)
alavärejänsä (partitive plural)
alavärissään (inessive singular)
alavärissänsä (inessive singular)
alaväreissään (inessive plural)
alaväreissänsä (inessive plural)
alaväristään (elative singular)
alaväristänsä (elative singular)
alaväreistään (elative plural)
alaväreistänsä (elative plural)
alaväriinsä (illative singular)
alaväreihinsä (illative plural)
alavärillään (adessive singular)
alavärillänsä (adessive singular)
alaväreillään (adessive plural)
alaväreillänsä (adessive plural)
alaväriltään (ablative singular)
alaväriltänsä (ablative singular)
alaväreiltään (ablative plural)
alaväreiltänsä (ablative plural)
alavärilleen (allative singular)
alavärillensä (allative singular)
alaväreilleen (allative plural)
alaväreillensä (allative plural)
alavärinään (essive singular)
alavärinänsä (essive singular)
alaväreinään (essive plural)
alaväreinänsä (essive plural)
alavärikseen (singular translative)
alaväriksensä (singular translative)
alaväreikseen (plural translative)
alaväreiksensä (plural translative)
alavärittään (abessive singular)
alavärittänsä (abessive singular)
alaväreittään (abessive plural)
alaväreittänsä (abessive plural)
alaväreineen (comitative plural)
alaväreinensä (comitative plural)

[ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌʋæri]

(bridge, card games) minor suit (diamonds or clubs)


przymus

przymus (nominative singular)
przymusy (nominative plural)
przymusu (genitive singular)
przymusów (genitive plural)
przymusowi (dative singular)
przymusom (dative plural)
przymus (accusative singular)
przymusy (accusative plural)
przymusem (instrumental singular)
przymusami (instrumental plural)
przymusie (locative singular)
przymusach (locative plural)
przymusie (singular vocative)
przymusy (plural vocative)

(bridge) squeeze, squeeze play (tactic of running a suit to compel another player to waste potentially winning cards)


Jacoby transfer

en-noun

Jacoby transfer (plural Jacoby transfers)

Popularized by a 1956 article in The Bridge World by Oswald Jacoby.

(bridge) A convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's no-trump opening bid that forces opener to rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder.


Namyats

Reversed spelling of Stayman, the surname of Victor Mitchell's bridge partner, Samuel Stayman.

(bridge) A conventional agreement to open hands with a long major suit that are too strong for a direct preemptive opening with a 'two-under' transfer bid. When the long suit is in hearts, opener bids 4♣, and when it is in spades, opener bids 4♦.


brown sticker

(bridge) Designating a category of contract bridge conventional agreements that are difficult to defend against, and thus only permitted at high levels of tournament play.


HUM

highly unusual method
w:highly unusual method

(bridge) Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are usually restricted to the highest levels of tournament play.


Muiderberg

Named after the Dutch village that was home to its inventors, Onno Janssens and Willem Boegem.

(bridge) A bidding convention, a two-level preemptive opening based on a two-suiter with precisely a five-card major and a minor suit (four-card or longer). The 2♥ opening denotes five hearts and an unknown minor suit, whilst 2♠ denotes five spades and an unknown minor suit.


winkle squeeze

(bridge) A squeeze in which a trick is offered to the defenders but whichever wins the trick is then endplayed.


flag-flying

(bridge) Bidding more or less rashly in order to liven up the game.


keep the flag flying

en-verb

keep the flag flying (third-person singular simple present keeps the flag flying, present participle keeping the flag flying, simple past and past participle kept the flag flying)

keeps the flag flying (present singular third-person)
keeping the flag flying (participle present)
kept the flag flying (participle past)
kept the flag flying (past)

In spite of Y's double and in spite of the fact that the spade suit is not of the slightest use to him, as A cannot get any discards on it, A bids two hearts not only to keep the flag flying and prevent Z from going game but with high hopes that Y's double is a bluff.

1911, Advanced Auction Bridge, page 158:

[…] all I know is that to keep the flag flying is an accepted part of bridge, […]

1929, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 147, page 96:

(bridge) To bid more or less rashly in order to liven up the game.