cardsharp
card·sharp/ˈkɑɹdʃɑɹp/noun
cardsharp is a noun meaning “A professional cheater at card games” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-R-D-S-H-A-R-P and has 2 syllables (card·sharp), and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cardsharp is cardsharps.
What does cardsharp mean?
noun
- 1
A professional cheater at card games.
One of Tim’s great-grandparents was a cardsharp in the Wild West, and was shot dead during a game.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cardsharp?
- UK /ˈkɑːdʃɑːp/
- US /ˈkɑɹdʃɑɹp/
Cardsharp has 2 syllables, split card·sharp in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-cardsharp.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cardsharp
- cardsharps plural
- cardshark
- card sharp
- card-sharp
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cardsharp?
Cardsharp appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cardsharp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense professional cheater at card games:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tricheur |
| German | Falschspieler, Falschspielerin |
| Spanish | tahúr |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cardsharp come from?
From card + sharp (“cheater, dishonest person”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).