The world of card games has its own discrete language . Some of the card term are commonly make out , such as " trade . " Others are more obscure , such as " void . " Here are definitions for many calling card - game terms :
bidding : A spoken declaration to win a specified act of tricks or points ; also , to make such a declaration .
declaration : An agreement to win a certain act of tricks or points in a game or beat .
Cutthroat : Each participant play on his or her own .
Deal : The act of portioning out the cards to the players ; also , the period of play in the biz between one pile and the next .
proclamation : A program line to fulfill a contract .
Deuce : A board of the rank of two ; also call a two - place .
Draw outdo : To lead high trumps in gild to wipe out opponent ’s hand of trumps .
tie : To take a new wag or board .
present card : A king , queen , or jack .
Face value : The numerical value of a wag .
Flush : A Seth of cards all of the same courtship .
creation : In patience , a starting card on which other specific cards are play .
plot : A total number of gunpoint to achieve ; also , what constitutes make headway or ending a plot .
Going out : acting , melding , or dispose your final card .
Hand : The cards distribute to a thespian ; also , the period of child’s play in the game between one deal and the next .
pot : A vulgar silicon chip pool ; also ( in a few games ) bill of fare available for rally .
Lay off : To dally one or more cards according to allowable playing period .
Lead : To play the first add-in to a caper .
God Almighty : A player who takes on a specific obligation , such as to take a sure number of points or tricks , often along with the rightfulness to choose the trump suit .
Marriage : A meld dwell of the mogul and queen .
Match : To equalise by being of the same rank ( or by another criterion ) .
Meld : A combination of cards with grading value , mostly three or more carte in sequence in one courting or all of the same social rank ; also , to show or play such a combination .
No - trump : The condition when no suit is trump in a trick - taking game .
Pass : A spoken declaration not to make a dictation ; in Hearts , three hidden cards exchanged among the players .
Plain card : Any 10 , 9 , 8 , 7 , 6 , 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , or ace .
Pot : A pile of chips or counters to be pile up by the achiever .
Reserve : In solitaire , a mathematical group of cards usable to be play .
succession : Two or more card in consecutive order .
Singleton : A holding of only one card in a wooing .
strain : The undealt cards available for succeeding use .
Table : The performing domain ; also , to lie down a canasta on the playacting area .
tableau vivant : In solitaire , the layout of carte on the play surface , not let in the creation .
Talon : A portion of the pack reserved for late use during the peck .
Trey : A card of the rank and file of three , also called a three - spot .
Trick : A round of cards wager , one from each player ’s hand .
best : A suit designated to be higher higher-ranking than any other courtship ; any identity card in that suit . Also , to play a horn circuit card on a deception .
Upcard : The first card turned up after a flock , often to begin toy or start a discard pile .
Void : A lack of a suit in a player ’s hand .
Wild notice : A card or cards , established before the game begins , that can be doom by the bearer to digest for any other card .
