Hearts (Noun)
Meaning
A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The game of Hearts is a popular variation of whist that is played with a standard deck of 52 cards.
- In the game of Hearts, players aim to avoid taking tricks that contain hearts or the queen of spades.
- The player who takes the trick containing the queen of spades scores 13 hearts, making it a highly undesirable card to take.
- The team or player with the lowest score at the end of the game wins, having avoided winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades.
- Shotgun Hearts is a variation of the game in which players try to take all the hearts and the queen of spades, rather than trying to avoid them.