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whist drive

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  • Whist drive — A whist drive is a social event at which progressive games of the trick taking card game whist are played.A hand of whist is played at each table. After each round, one couple from each table moves to the next table. Trumps for each round are… …   Wikipedia

  • whist drive — noun a progressive whist party • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑party …   Useful english dictionary

  • whist drive — noun (C) a meeting to play whist between several pairs of partners who change opponents …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • whist drive — /ˈwɪst draɪv/ (say wist druyv) noun a series of games of whist played by a number of sets of partners at different tables, winning pairs moving to the next table at the end of each game …  

  • drive — ► VERB (past drove; past part. driven) 1) operate and control (a motor vehicle). 2) convey in a motor vehicle. 3) propel or carry along in a specified direction. 4) urge (animals or people) to move in a specified direction. 5) compel to act in a… …   English terms dictionary

  • whist — 1. n. a card game usu. for four players, with the winning of tricks. Phrases and idioms: whist drive a social occasion with the playing of progressive whist. Etymology: earlier whisk, perh. f. WHISK (with ref. to whisking away the tricks): perh.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • drive — 1 /draIv/ verb past tense drove, past participle driven / drIvFn/ 1 OPERATE A VEHICLE (I, T) to sit in a car, bus etc and make it travel from one place to another: Do you drive? | She drove the pick up and got our supplies. 2 TRAVEL SOMEWHERE (I …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • drive — v. & n. v. (past drove; past part. driven) 1 tr. (usu. foll. by away, back, in, out, to, etc.) urge in some direction, esp. forcibly (drove back the wolves). 2 tr. a (usu. foll. by to + infin., or to + verbal noun) compel or constrain forcibly… …   Useful english dictionary

  • drive — verb (past drove; past participle driven) 1》 operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.     ↘convey in a car. 2》 propel or carry along by force.     ↘provide the power to operate (a machine).     ↘(in ball games) hit or kick… …   English new terms dictionary

  • drivable — drive ► VERB (past drove; past part. driven) 1) operate and control (a motor vehicle). 2) convey in a motor vehicle. 3) propel or carry along in a specified direction. 4) urge (animals or people) to move in a specified direction. 5) compel to act …   English terms dictionary

  • driveable — drive ► VERB (past drove; past part. driven) 1) operate and control (a motor vehicle). 2) convey in a motor vehicle. 3) propel or carry along in a specified direction. 4) urge (animals or people) to move in a specified direction. 5) compel to act …   English terms dictionary

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