tarok

[ tuh-rok ]

/ təˈrɒk /

noun

a card game dating probably from the Renaissance and still popular in central Europe, originally played with a special pack of 78 cards but now usually played with 32 cards of a regular pack together with 22 tarots.

Origin of tarok

1605–15; < obsolete Italian tarocco; see tarot

Words nearby tarok

tarnish, tarnished plant bug, tarnopol, tarnów, taro, tarok, tarot, tarp, tarpan, tarpaper, tarpaulin

Example sentences from the Web for tarok

Conversations round the room were now carried on in whispers; tarok cards were produced and here and there a game was in progress.

A Bride of the Plains |Baroness Emmuska Orczy
"Volat" is an expression used in tarok to denote that no tricks have been made by an opponent.

In Love With the Czarina and Other Stories |Mr Jkai
The gentlemen are in the ante-room playing at whist and tarok, and perhaps a little innocent game of hazard.

The Jews of Barnow |Karl Emil Franzos
The young people danced, the old played whist or tarok, and they stayed till daybreak.

Black Diamonds |Mr Jkai

The young Count will be there to-night, and we'll have some tarok.

A Bride of the Plains |Baroness Emmuska Orczy

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tarok

noun

Origin of tarok

Words nearby tarok

Example sentences from the Web for tarok