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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
card-playing is an adjective meaning "preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance". It carries one recorded sense.
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
“led a dissipated life”
“a betting man”
“a card-playing son of a bitch”
“a gambling fool”
“sporting gents and their ladies”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for card-playing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.