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Cards

noun

1.

A game played with playing cards. Synonym: card game.

Card

noun

1.

One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.

2.

A card certifying the identity of the bearer. Synonym: identity card.

3.

A rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures).

4.

Thin cardboard, usually rectangular.

5.

A witty amusing person who makes jokes. Synonyms: wag, wit.

6.

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. Synonyms: bill, notice, placard, poster, posting.

7.

A printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited. Synonyms: calling card, visiting card.

8.

(golf) a record of scores (as in golf). Synonym: scorecard.

9.

A list of dishes available at a restaurant. Synonyms: bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu.

10.

(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat. Synonyms: batting order, lineup.

11.

A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities. Synonyms: add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in.

verb

(past & past part. carded; pres. part. carding)

1.

Separate the fibers of. Synonym: tease.

2.

Ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor.

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"Cards" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Cards, billiards, and betting"—there was the inscription legibly written on the manner and appearance of Captain Peterkin. The bright-eyed yellow old lady who kept the boarding-house would have been worth ...

— The Black Robe • Wilkie Collins

... and the Count La Ruse, in Fielding's narrative, took a hand at cards, Jonathan picked his opponent's pocket, though he knew it was empty, while the Count, from sheer force of habit, stacked the cards, though Wild had not a farthing to lose. And if in his uncultured youth the great man stooped to prig with his own hand, he was early ...

— A Book of Scoundrels • Charles Whibley

... a joint one, as Dilke put himself forward independently; but when the election actually came the Liberal candidates joined forces, and two picture-cards represent the contest as between rival teams of cocks. In one the Odger cock is seen retreating; Freake is on his back, gasping; Russell and Hoare still contend, while under the banner "Dilke and Hoare for ever," Dilke crows victorious. In the second card Odger has no place, and Russell ...

— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 • Stephen Gwynn

... "then it was nothing less than the hand of Providence that brought us here to-night. Yes! I know how you feel, Doctor!—but we must play our cards as they're dealt ...

— The Hand Of Fu-Manchu - Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor • Sax Rohmer

... that my father made in peace Is now controlde by fortune of the warres; And cards once dealt, it bootes not aske why so. His men are slaine,—a weakening to his realme; His colours ceaz'd,—a blot vnto his name; His sonne distrest,—a corsiue to his hart; These punishments may cleare his ...

— The Spanish Tragedie • Thomas Kyd

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