card games: any of various card games for usually four players in two partnerships that bid for the right to declare a trump suit, seek to win tricks (see trickentry 1 sense 4) equal to the final bid, and play with the hand of declarer 's partner exposed and played by declarer
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Noun
The collision happened near the Memorial Causeway bridge at about 8:40 p.m. on April 27, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 May 2025 So that means squats, lunges, glute bridges, and planks can all be considered calisthenics exercises!—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 2 May 2025
Verb
But the hope from officials at local community colleges is that programs like the U. of I. pilot can not only help materially bridge some of those gaps and logistical challenges, but also make those deadlines and responsibilities feel a bit less stressful.—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025 Deutsche Bank has relied on its investment arm to bridge diminishing gains from loans as interest rates moved lower.—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bridge
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English brigge, from Old English brycg; akin to Old High German brucka bridge, Old Church Slavic brŭvŭno beam
Verb
Middle English briggen, going back to Old English brycgian, noun derivative of brycgbridge entry 1
Noun (2)
alteration of earlier biritch, of unknown origin
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
: a strand of protoplasm extending between two cells
c
: a partial denture held in place by anchorage to adjacent teeth
d
: a connection (as an atom or group of atoms) that joins two different parts of a molecule (as opposite sides of a ring)
e
: an area of physical continuity between two chromatids persisting during the later phases of mitosis and constituting a possible source of somatic genetic change
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