Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardplay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: card-play
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The playing of card games.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Wearied of cardplay the Chinese sprawled across the seats like drowsy primates, resting their noggins indecorously in the aisle, and gracing the floorboards with their hair as, upside down, they tracked the movements of various kiddies […]"
"The trouble is, in this account of a gambler seeking shelter from the storm in the numbness of cardplay, the prose is similarly, symptomatically numb."

Etymology

From card + play.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does cardplay mean?: The playing of card games.
Where does cardplay come from?: From card + play.

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