hearts
hearts Lexical Profile
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• noun
Plural form of heart: the hollow muscular organs that pump blood through the circulatory system.
"The veterinarian listened carefully to the puppies' hearts during their first checkup."
Plural form of heart: the emotional, moral, or spiritual centers of people's beings.
"The inspiring speech touched the hearts of everyone in the auditorium."
One of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards, represented by a stylized red symbol of a heart.
"She needed one more card in hearts to complete her flush."
A trick-taking card game in which players attempt to avoid winning tricks that contain cards of the hearts suit or the queen of spades.
"We spent the rainy afternoon playing several rounds of hearts at the kitchen table."
• verb
To mark or react to a social media post or message with a heart icon to indicate approval (third-person singular present tense of 'heart').
"He always hearts every photo his sister uploads to her profile."
To love, adore, or be very fond of someone or something (third-person singular present tense of 'heart', used informally).
"She really hearts that vintage bookstore on the corner."
Word Nuance & Usage
When referring to the card suit or the trick-taking card game, 'hearts' is grammatically treated as a singular uncountable noun in some contexts (e.g., 'Hearts is my favorite game') and as a plural noun when referring to individual cards of that suit (e.g., 'Three hearts were played').
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'heorte', of Proto-Germanic origin and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root '*kerd-' meaning 'heart', which also gave rise to Latin 'cor' and Greek 'kardia'. The playing card suit dates back to 15th-century French card decks.