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Card

noun

1.

One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.

2.

A card certifying the identity of the bearer. Synonym: identity card.

3.

A rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures).

4.

Thin cardboard, usually rectangular.

5.

A witty amusing person who makes jokes. Synonyms: wag, wit.

6.

A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. Synonyms: bill, notice, placard, poster, posting.

7.

A printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited. Synonyms: calling card, visiting card.

8.

(golf) a record of scores (as in golf). Synonym: scorecard.

9.

A list of dishes available at a restaurant. Synonyms: bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu.

10.

(baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat. Synonyms: batting order, lineup.

11.

A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities. Synonyms: add-in, board, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in.

verb

(past & past part. carded; pres. part. carding)

1.

Separate the fibers of. Synonym: tease.

2.

Ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor.

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"Card" Quotes from Famous Books

... purpose, "little Anna Gessner and the boy out of Whitechapel making a match of it together—eh, what? Don't let's have any rotten nonsense, old man. You're gone on the girl and you don't want me here. Say so and be a man. You've played a low card on me and you want to see the hand out. Isn't it that? Say so and be honest if ...

— Aladdin of London - or Lodestar • Sir Max Pemberton

... join my daughter and get our dresses to our lodgings; thankful if we succeed so far. In about an hour, will you not call, when we will resume our conversation which I wish to have, and with practical gain to you. This is the card of our hotel. It is not aristocratic, but once there, ...

— The Son of Clemenceau • Alexandre (fils) Dumas

... my word, Miss Lascelles, when I think of the vast sums of money that are squandered every year in ways which leave nothing to show for the expenditure. Take gambling for instance. I've heard that thousands of pounds are lost every year at card-playing and horse-racing. The money only changes hands, I know; but what good does it do? If a man can afford to part with a thousand pounds in such a way, how much better it would be for him and everybody else if he ...

— The Pirate Island - A Story of the South Pacific • Harry Collingwood

... A vengeance on your crafty withered hide, Yet I haue fac'd it with a card of ten: 'Tis in my head to doe my master good: I see no reason but suppos'd Lucentio Must get a father, call'd suppos'd Vincentio, And that's a wonder: fathers commonly Doe get their children: but in this case of woing, A ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... thou away, And leavest thy sword and club thee behind? Now this is a sure card: now I may well say, That a coward craking here I did find. Masters, ye may see by this play in sight, That great barking dogs do not most bite. And oft it is seen that the best men in the host Be not such that use to brag most. If ye will avoid the danger of confusion, Print my words ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I. • R. Dodsley

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