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Vole definition

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In old card games, the winning of all the tricks in a deal.
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Any of a number of small rodents (family Cricetidae), with a stout body and short tail.
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A deal in a card game that draws all the tricks.

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(card games, intransitive) To win all the tricks by a vole.

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Any of various rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, found throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere and having a short muzzle and tail and small ears.
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The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand, as of bridge; a grand slam.
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Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.
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vole
Plural:
voles

Origin of vole

  • Short for obsolete volemouse perhaps from Norwegian vollmus Old Norse völlr field Old Norse mūs mouse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French probably from voler to fly from Old French from Latin volāre to fly

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Vole Sentence Examples

  • The female mink is just small enough to enter the water vole burrows, leaving the vole with no refuge.

  • The bank vole is the smallest of the vole species in Britain.

  • The urban conurbation appears to provide a stronghold for the water vole.

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