English edit

Etymology edit

false +‎ card

Noun edit

falsecard (plural falsecards)

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

Verb edit

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.