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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of spade form-of, plural
2. 2
   One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠. plural, plural-only
3. 3
   A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps. plural, plural-only

   "Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom."

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of spade form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1. 1
   plural of Spade form-of, plural

Synonyms

All synonyms

acebowercarddeckdeucediamond

Example

More examples

"Tom flipped over the card and saw that it was the ace of spades."

Related phrases

ace of spadesin spadesjack of spadesking of spadesknave of spadesqueen of spadescard game

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