card game

noun

plural card games
: a game that uses a deck of cards

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Before heading to the launchpad, the astronauts were seen standing around a table in the operations building, in their orange suits, playing a card game — something one former astronaut said is a way for the crew to lighten up before the big moment. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026 From chess to boardgames to card games and even drinking style games, the group is on a mission to make socializing easy. Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 The academic research will focus on college student gambling behaviors ranging from card games to proposition betting and prediction markets. Michael Goldberg Mississippi Today, Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026 The academic research will focus on college student gambling behaviors ranging from card games to proposition betting and prediction markets. Michael Goldberg, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for card game

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of card game was in 1611

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“Card game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/card%20game. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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