# hearts

Pronunciation: say "HARTS" US /hɑɹts/, UK /hɑːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of heart. — plural of heart
   - Simple: Plural of heart. Use this form when you mean more than one heart.
   - _Surgeons train for years before operating on human hearts._
   - _Their hearts raced as the final whistle approached._
2. One of the four suits in a deck of playing cards, colored red and marked with the ♥ symbol.
   - Simple: The red playing-card suit marked with a ♥ shape.
   - _I was dealt five hearts and only one spade._
   - _The king of hearts is sometimes called the suicide king._
3. A card game whose players try to avoid winning tricks containing hearts or, especially, the queen of spades, since these cards bring penalties.
   - Simple: A card game where players try not to win cards that count against them, such as the queen of spades.
   - _A few rounds of hearts turned the quiet evening into a noisy rivalry._
   - _He always wins at hearts by dumping the queen of spades on whoever leads._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of heart. — third-person singular simple present indicative of heart
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of heart. Use it for what he, she, or it does right now.
   - _My sister hearts the post the moment anyone shares good news._
   - _The whole office hearts the new logo on the company merchandise._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hearts (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).