Here are some commonly used Spades terms

(to be) Set – When one is unable to take the number of tricks required by a contract.

(to) Follow Suit - to play a card of the same suit as the first card played to a trick.

Bag - an "overtrick"; a trick taken by a player or partnership when their contract has already been met.

Bid - The number of tricks each player will take during a hand, stated by each player before a hand begins. The Bid is the sum of each team member’s single bid and is used to determine the total "team bid." The Bid equals the total number of tricks the team must win, or risk being set or taking sandbags, or bags.

Book - Synonymous with "trick"

Contract - The result of a player's or partnership's bids for the hand; they are required to take at least that number of tricks during play of the hand.

Hand - A series where all cards dealt to each player are played.

Honor Cards - The top four or five cards in each suit (A, K, Q, J and 10).

Nil - A Bid to win with no tricks at all in any hand.

Partnership - A pair of players

Slough (Sluff) - to play a card that is not a trump card, but of a different suit than the first suit played, allowing you to discard the card.

Team – Similar to “Partnership,” however if there are six or more players, a Team can be more than two players.

Trick - When each player puts down one card from their hand and they are taken or won by the player who laid down the highest-value card.

Trump - a suit or other group of cards in the deck that is of a higher value than all others.

Undertrick - A trick that a partnership needed in order to make contract, but didn't take. A person who bid 6 but only took 5 has an undertrick.

Void – Not having any cards in a particular suit or suits, or to intentionally exhaust them from one's hand.

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