Origin: Greek suffix -ist
Whist has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
To hush, shush, or whisht; to still.
Silent, husht.
Alternative spelling of whisht. Silence!, quiet!, hush!, shhh!, shush!