card games: any of various card games for usually four players in two partnerships that bid for the right to declare a trump suit, seek to win tricks (see trickentry 1 sense 4) equal to the final bid, and play with the hand of declarer 's partner exposed and played by declarer
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Noun
But flying close enough to western Russia to target its bridges is dangerous even for the speedy, maneuverable Su-27s.—David Axe, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Johnson has spent her career doing just that—flipping tables, building bridges, and calling us all to be braver, bolder, and more rooted in purpose.—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
While traditional banks have struggled to keep pace with the demand for seamless cross-border transactions, neobanks and global fintech firms are uniquely positioned to bridge these gaps.—Marc Sacal, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Others, like Roberto Lugo: Orange and Black, bridge the past and present with visual wit and soul.—Okla Jones, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bridge
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English brigge, from Old English brycg; akin to Old High German brucka bridge, Old Church Slavic brŭvŭno beam
Verb
Middle English briggen, going back to Old English brycgian, noun derivative of brycgbridge entry 1
Noun (2)
alteration of earlier biritch, of unknown origin
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
: a strand of protoplasm extending between two cells
c
: a partial denture held in place by anchorage to adjacent teeth
d
: a connection (as an atom or group of atoms) that joins two different parts of a molecule (as opposite sides of a ring)
e
: an area of physical continuity between two chromatids persisting during the later phases of mitosis and constituting a possible source of somatic genetic change
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