trump
trump1 definition
trump (trump)
noun
- any playing card of a suit that ranks higher than any other suit during the playing of a hand: a trump can take any card of any other suit
- a suit of trumps
- any advantage held in reserve until needed
- Informal a fine person, good fellow, etc.
Etymology: altered < triumph
transitive verb
- to play a trump on (a trick, another card, etc.) when a trump was not led, often, specif., so as to take it thereby
- to surpass; outdo
intransitive verb
to play a trump when a trump was not led
trump Idioms
trump up
to devise or make up (a charge against someone, an excuse, etc.) fraudulently
trump2 definition
trump (trump)
noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
Archaic trumpet
Etymology: ME trumpe < OFr trompe < Frank *trumpa or OHG trumba, of echoic orig.
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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