| Idioms: in spades |
Considerably, in the extreme; also, without restraint. For example, They were having money problems, in spades, or Jan told him what he really thought of him, in spades. This expression alludes to spades as the highest-ranking suit in various card games, such as bridge, and transfers "highest" to other extremes. [Colloquial; 1920s]
| WordNet: in spades |
The adverb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
without question and beyond doubt
Synonyms: decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, by all odds
| Shopping: in spades |
| spades | Digging Spade King Of Spades |
| ace of spades | rummy spades window xp cd rom |
 | spader |
| Nut Flush (in poker) |
| Runner-Runner (in poker) |
 | How many spades appear on the ace of spades in a standard deck of cards? Read answer... |
| Number of spades on a ace of spades? Read answer... |
| What does to have in spades mean? Read answer... |
 | Playing the card game 500 what is the correct way to say trumps is it spades is trumps or spades are trumps? |
| Who was known as Ace of Spades? |
| What does pay you in spades mean? |
Copyrights:
 |
 | Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
Mentioned in
|
