See Also: spade(dictionary)
spade(4)(dictionary)
spade(3)(dictionary)
spade(2)(dictionary)
spade(1)(dictionary)
Spade(medicine)
spade hand(medicine)
spade fingers(medicine)
Spade - Poker(gambling)
Low Spade - Poker(gambling)

spade(3) (iou)



spade noun3 & adjective. L16.
[Italian, pl. of spada from Latin spatha from Greek spathe: see SPADE noun1.]
A. noun.
Cards. A black inverted heart-shape with short stalk on the face of a playing-card; in pl. (occas. treated as sing.), one of the four suits into which a pack of playing-cards is divided, distinguished by such markings; sing. a card of this suit. L16.
in spades colloq. (chiefly N. Amer.) to a considerable degree, extremely.
A black person (esp. a man). slang (derog. & considered racially offensive). E20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. That is a spade, that consists of spades (Cards). Also (slang, derog. & considered racially offensive), black; of or pertaining to black people. E20.