card : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a credit card issued by a bank
  

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• noun a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record
  

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• noun a card expressing a birthday greeting
  

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• noun a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane
  boarding pass.
  

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• noun a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library
  borrower's card.
  

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• noun a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation
  

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• a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address.

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• noun a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
  calling card.
  
• noun a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
  calling card; card.
  
• noun a distinguishing characteristic or behavior
  
  • bombs are a terrorist's calling cards

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• (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers. (b) A basket made of cardboard.

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• noun a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card
  card catalog.
  
• noun an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item
  card catalogue; card catalog.
  

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• noun a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card
  card catalog.
  
• noun an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item
  card catalogue; card catalog.
  

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• . See Catalogue.

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• strips of wire-toothed card used for covering the cylinders of carding machines.

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• noun a game played with playing cards
  cards.
  

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• noun an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item
  card catalogue; card catalog.
  

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• noun someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
  

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• a rack or frame for holding and displaying business or visiting card.

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• noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
  sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
  

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• noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
  sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
  

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• noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
  sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp; sharpie.
  

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• noun a table for playing cards (as in a casino)
  
• noun a small light table with folding legs; can be folded for storage
  

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• a table for use inplaying cards, esp. one having a leaf which folds over.

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• noun a trick performed with playing cards
  

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• noun an unstable construction with playing cards
  cardhouse; cardcastle; card-house.
  
  • he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed

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• adjective satellite preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
  dissipated; sporting; betting.
  
  • led a dissipated life
  • a betting man
  • a card-playing son of a bitch
  • a gambling fool
  • sporting gents and their ladies

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• noun a credit card that entitles the holder to receive cash
  cashcard.
  

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• noun a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
  charge plate; charge card; plastic.
  
  • do you take plastic?

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• noun a card expressing a Christmas greeting
  

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• noun a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
  add-in; board; plug-in; circuit board; card.
  

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• a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "`I am a coat card indeed.' `Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'" Rowley.

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• noun compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north
  mariner's compass.
  

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• the eircular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs.

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• something that dashes hopes. Obs.

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• noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
  face card; court card.
  

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• . Same as Coat card.

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• noun a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
  charge plate; charge card; plastic.
  
  • do you take plastic?

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• noun a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account
  

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• noun a pack of 52 playing cards
  deck of cards; deck.
  

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• noun a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death
  

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• noun an entertainer who attracts large audiences
  attraction; draw; attracter; attractor.
  
  • he was the biggest drawing card they had
• noun a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
  loss leader; leader.
  

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• noun a card expressing an Easter greeting
  

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• noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
  face card; court card.
  

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• one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.

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• the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc.

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• noun a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher
  flashcard.
  

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• noun a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
  monte; four-card monte.
  

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• noun one of a set of cards used in gambling games
  

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• noun a card expressing get-well wishes
  

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• noun a card that identifies the bearer as an alien with permanent resident status in the United States
  
  • he was surprised to discover that green cards are no longer green

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• noun a card sent to express personal greetings
  

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• noun any assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously
  
• noun (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown
  

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• noun a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
  Hollerith card; punch card.
  

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• noun a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
  bubble.
  
  • his proposal was nothing but a house of cards
  • a real estate bubble
• noun an unstable construction with playing cards
  cardhouse; cardcastle; card-house.
  
  • he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed

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• noun a card certifying the identity of the bearer
  card.
  
  • he had to show his card to get in

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• the figure drawn by an engine indicator, by means of which the working of the engine can be investigated and its power calculated. The Illustration shows one form of indicator card, from a steam engine, together with scales by which the pressure of the steam above or below that of the atmosphere, corresponding to any position of the engine piston in its stroke, can be measured. Called also indicator diagram.

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• one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard apparatus.

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• in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit.

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• noun a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library
  borrower's card.
  

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• noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
  postcard; post card; mailing-card.
  

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• noun (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased
  

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• noun a card certifying membership in an organization
  

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• likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme.

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• noun a pack of 52 playing cards
  deck of cards; deck.
  

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• . (a) A set of samples on a card . (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus.

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• noun a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
  calling card.
  

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• noun one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
  face card; court card.
  

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• noun one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
  playing card.
  

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• cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards.

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• noun one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
  playing card.
  

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• . See under Card.

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• noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
  postcard; post card; mailing-card.
  

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• noun a card for sending messages by post without an envelope
  postcard; post card; mailing-card.
  

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• a card sold by the government for transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on one side of the card, and the direction on the other.

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• noun a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
  Hollerith card; punch card.
  

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• noun a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
  Hollerith card; punch card.
  

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• noun a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods
  

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• noun a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
  report.
  
  • his father signed his report card

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1. Mariner's card, or compass.

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• the mariner's compass. Obs.

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• noun a poster advertising a show or play
  show bill; theatrical poster.
  

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• an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples.

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• noun a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions
  

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• noun a card expressing sympathy
  

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• noun any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
  tarot.
  

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• noun a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
  monte; four-card monte.
  

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• to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt.

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• to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking.

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• (Card Playing), to take a trick with it.

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• (Card Playing), to shuffle the pack.

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• to manage one's means or opportunities; to contrive.

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• to make no errors; to act shrewdly.

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• to expose one's plants to rivals or foes.

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• to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card.

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• (Card Playing), to arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes. Cant = to stack the deck

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• noun a card with a picture on it; collected and traded by children
  

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• noun a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
  trump.
  
  • the ace of trumps is a sure winner

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• noun a card certifying membership in a labor union
  

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• noun a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
  calling card; card.
  

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• a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it.

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• noun an unpredictable factor
  
  • the weather was a wild card
• noun a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
  

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