falsecard

English

Etymology

From false +‎ card.

Noun

falsecard (plural falsecards)

  1. (bridge) A card played in order to deceive an opponent as to one's true holding

Verb

falsecard (third-person singular simple present falsecards, present participle falsecarding, simple past and past participle falsecarded)

  1. (bridge) To play a falsecard
    • 2008 March 31, Phillip Alder, “In Amsterdam, Overtime on the Way to a Title”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      East returned the diamond eight, the higher of his two remaining cards, on which declarer falsecarded with his ten.
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