A card played to a trick that is neither of the suit led nor of the trump suit.
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On a spade lead, if spades are trumps or there are no-trumps, any card you play will be a discard. On any other lead, you will be following suit rather than making a discard. The term discard is also a verb, meaning to make a discard.