Definition of "spades" [spades]

• Plural form of spade. (noun)
• One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠. (noun)
• A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spade. (verb)

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• "The only thing Haiti has in spades is garbage, feces, and well, spades."
• "What I have used, in spades, is the modeling and 'systematizing' skills I learned from studying physics."
• "Hopefully you will pull out some of the same nuggets that I did … gaining a new perspective from someone who has done it and done it in spades is really really powerful for me."