spades
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spades¹
- /speɪdz/ US, UK
Rhymes with -eɪdz
noun
- plural of spade
noun
- One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
- A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps. Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of spade
Spades²
proper noun
- plural of Spade
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: steals, spikes, uppers, suit, blood, swords, spears, bites, blades, catches, excavators, grabs, itches, picas, pikes, piques
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Talk about this word "spades." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spades. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spades. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spades "spades." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spades.Cite this
@misc{spades_2026,
title = {spades},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spades},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
