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😠 Annoyed exclamation 🃏 A card game
nertz

nertz

1 9.9
A fast card game where players race to get rid of their cards
  • noun
  • /nɜrts/
  • US
translation icon : nertz
  • While on vacation, we spent hours playing nertz on the beach with friends.

Examples

  • During our family game night, everyone eagerly played nertz as laughter filled the room.

  • I never forget a name or a face, Mr Nertz.

    Mannequin (1987)

  • ♪ Cheer up, smile, nertz

    Cinderella Man (2005)

  • Nertz! by Eddie Cantor playing]

    Cinderella Man (2005)

  • "Oh, nertz and nexuses!

    Fiction book (2001)

  • ♪ Cheer up, gentle citizens ♪ Though you have no shirts ♪ Happy days are here again ♪ Cheer up, smile, nertz

    Cinderella Man (2005)

  • "I get most of my psychic help from the ghosts of the departed who—nertz to you, kiddo.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • ♪ All aboard prosperity ♪ Giggle till it hurts ♪ No more breadline charity ♪ Cheer up, smile, nertz

    Cinderella Man (2005)

  • We gathered at Tommy's house for a game of nertz, trying to see who could win the most rounds.

Synonyms

nerts
vsnertz
  • US
9.9

A fast card game where players race to get rid of their cards

emphasizes building piles as the way players discard their cards

How Fast

blitz
  • Jargon
18 6.7
fast-paced
24 3.9
nertz
  • US
1 9.9
slow
∞ 1.0
patience
  • UK
3 7.2

Surface Forms

nertz singular
nertzes plural

Etymology

The word nertz also names a fast card game where players race to 'get rid of' their cards. A helpful way to remember this is to think of the exclamation nertz, because the game is loud and quick and the name feels like a sudden shout during play.