card

1 of 2

verb (1)

carded; carding; cards

transitive verb

1

: to ask for identification (as in a bar)

We all got carded.

2

: score

a golfer carding a 75

3

: to place or fasten on or by means of a card

4

: to provide with a card

5

: to list or record on a card

card

2 of 2

verb (2)

carded; carding; cards

transitive verb

: to cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (fibers) by the use of cards preparatory to spinning

carder noun

Examples of card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Sophomore Akinobu Yano and junior Brandon Bae each shot 75 while junior Seth Thao carded a 76. —Dan Albano, Oc Register, 4 June 2026

After looking up to see a truck driving at him in the middle of a fairway on a golf course, getting into a heated back-and-forth, and then carding a triple bogey on the hole, Knecht and his playing partners still had six holes left to play. —Mark Harris, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026

To the quick trips to card shops on off days. —Jesse Granger, New York Times, 2 June 2026

Or are Mario Bros memorabilia and Pokémon cards the new cultural touchstones? —Charlie Campbell, Time, 25 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb (1)

1861, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Verb (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing card

• affinity card
• bank card
• be given one's card
• Bingo card
• blister card
• boarding card
• business card
• calling card
• card-carrying
• card catalog
• card game
• card index
• card shark
• card sharp
• card stock
• card table
• cash card
• charge card
• cheque card
• Christmas card
• collectible card
• collectible card game
• compass card
• court card
• courtesy card
• credit card
• cue card
• dance card
• debit card
• donor card
• drawing card
• expansion card
• face card
• five-card stud
• flash card
• get one's card
• Get Out of Jail Free card
• gift card
• graphics card
• green card
• greeting card
• greetings card
• hole card
• ID card
• identification card
• identity card
• index card
• key card
• mass card
• memory card
• note card
• on one's bingo card
• phone card
• picture card
• playing card
• postal card
• punch card
• red card
• report card
• scratch card
• seven-card stud
• SIM card
• smart card
• sound card
• store card
• swipe card
• three-card monte
• time card
• tourist card
• trading card
• trading card game
• union card
• use/play the race/gender card
• vanity card
• video card
• visiting card
• wild card
• yellow card

Rhymes for card

• bard
• barred
• chard
• charred
• guard
• hard
• jarred
• lard
• marred
• nard
• scarred
• shard

Kids Definition

card

1 of 4 verb

ˈkärd 

: to clean and untangle fibers by combing with a card before spinning

carder noun

card

2 of 4 noun

: an instrument usually having bent wire teeth for combing fibers (as wool or cotton)

card

3 of 4 noun

1

: playing card

2

plural

a

: a game played with cards

b

: card playing

3

informal : an amusing person : wag

—used especially in the past

4

: a flat stiff usually small and rectangular piece of paper, thin cardboard, or plastic: as

a

: postcard

b

: such a card on which computer information is stored

c

: credit card

d

: greeting card

5

: a sports program

6

: a removable circuit board (as in a personal computer)

card

4 of 4 verb

1

: to provide with a card

2

: to ask for identification

Etymology

Noun

Middle English carde "instrument for combing fibers," from Latin cardus, carduus "instrument for combing fibers, thistle," from earlier Latin carduus "thistle"

Noun

Middle English carde "playing card," from early French carte (same meaning), probably from early Italian carta, literally, "leaf of paper," from Latin charta "piece of papyrus" — related to carton, cartoon, chart