playing-cards
Shuffled gambling rectangles
Playing-cards refers to the standard deck used for card games—typically 52 cards divided into four suits (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades), each with numbered cards and face cards.
The hyphenated form appears mainly in British English and in attributive uses: a playing-cards manufacturer, the playing-cards industry.
Most contexts use the unhyphenated *playing cards*.
Ship's flat surface
Randomize by mixing
- dealAgreement or distribution
- cutSeverance or reduction
- riffleRapid page flipping
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
overhand · fanning · spreading · stacking · palming · discard pile · draw pile · hand
Hearth implement for coals
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- solitaireCard game for one
- rummyDrunkard or card game
canasta · hearts · spades · euchre · gin · baccarat · whist · patience
Facility for wagering
- bettingStaking money on outcomes
- stakesPosts or wagers
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- antePre-deal poker payment
pot · chips · dealer · house edge · high roller · bankroll · bluff · fold
Deliberate deception
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- forceStrength or compulsion
- flourishTo grow vigorously
reveal · misdirection · prediction · vanish · transformation · stage magic · close-up
Divination card set
- fortune-tellingClaiming to predict futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- poker nightSocial gambling evening
- hustlerAggressive, unscrupulous earner
deck
Ship's flat surface
diamond · club · ace · king · queen · jack · joker · pip · rank · deuce
shuffle
Randomize by mixing
bridge · overhand · fanning · spreading · stacking · palming · discard pile · draw pile · hand · tableau
poker
Hearth implement for coals
rummy · canasta · hearts · spades · euchre · gin · baccarat · whist · patience · pinochle
casino
Facility for wagering
ante · pot · chips · dealer · house edge · high roller · bankroll · bluff · fold · raise
trick
Deliberate deception
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- forceStrength or compulsion
flourish · reveal · misdirection · prediction · vanish · transformation · stage magic · close-up
tarot
Divination card set
- fortune-tellingClaiming to predict futures
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- poker nightSocial gambling evening
playing-cardsdice
Marked cubes for chance
die · polyhedral dice · roulette wheel · coin flip · random number generator
playing-cardsgame board
Flat surface for play
chess pieces · dominoes · dice · checkers · chess set
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