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whist

16 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) whist (verb)
  2. 2) whist (adjective)
  3. 3) whist (noun)
  4. whist drive (noun)
  5. whist family (noun)
  6. bid whist (noun)
  7. bridge-whist (noun)
  8. Chinese whist (noun)
  9. contract whist (noun)
  10. dummy whist (noun)
  11. long whist (noun)
  12. Norwegian whist (noun)
  13. Russian whist (noun)
  14. Scotch whist (noun)
  15. short whist (noun)
  16. solo whist (noun)

1whist

verb \ˈhwist, ˈwist\

Definition of WHIST

intransitive verb
dialect British
: to be silent : hush —often used interjectionally to enjoin silence

Origin of WHIST

Middle English; imitative
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with WHIST

cist, cyst, fist, gist, grist, kist, list, Liszt, mist, schist, tryst, twist, wist, wrist

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