Cards. The rejection or throwing out of a card or cards from a hand.

The action of turning (a card or cards) face upwards. See face, v. 15a. Obsolete.

In various technical and specialist senses. An act of drawing a card; (also) a card or group of cards drawn from the pack. Cf. pull, v. 24. Obsolete.

Cards. The action or privilege of playing the first card in a round or trick. Also, the card so played, or proper to be played, or the suit to…

Cards. The action or an act of returning a particular card or suit in response to a card played by a partner or opponent.

Cards. The action or an act of rejecting or throwing out a card or cards from the hand. Cf. discard, v. 3.

In card-playing (see quots.).

Cards. (See quot. 1863.)

Cards. A method of play or bidding which does not have its natural meaning but is used solely to convey prearranged information.

Cards. An act of forcing.

Cards (esp. Poker). The moment at the end of a game or round in which players lay down their cards face up in order to determine the winner.

That has been passed. Cards. passed hand n. a round of cards in which a player declines to make a bid (cf. pass, v. 31a).

Cards (esp. Bridge). A means of deliberately relinquishing the lead; (also) the action of doing this.

Bridge. A rebid in a suit of a higher rank than that of one's previous bid. Cf. reverse, v.1 12.

Bridge. (see quot. 1964).