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trump¹ Definition

trump (trump)

noun

  1. 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
  2. a suit of trumps
  3. any advantage held in reserve until needed
  4. Informal a fine person, good fellow, etc.

Etymology: altered < triumph

transitive verb

  1. to play a trump on (a trick, another card, etc.) when a trump was not led, often, specif., so as to take it thereby
  2. to surpass; outdo

intransitive verb

to play a trump when a trump was not led

trump¹ 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.

trump Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • draw: She reaches a position where she has 12 tricks by drawing trumps.
  • lead: Your partner leads a trump to your ace, what next?
  • play: Let's face it, playing trumps is a fun way to learn about any sort of phenomena.
  • hold: A third round of spades revealed that East now held the thirteenth trump.
  • return: If you return a trump he's one trick short.

Adjective modifier

  • donald: Made him somewhat name perfect for for donald trump achieve its own.
  • top: Remember you can have top trumps on almost anything.
  • last: Unable to reach dummy to draw West's last trump, he played a third heart.
  • low: Now another low trump taken by West's K, East following low.
  • high: For example, if your highest trump is the J, you are " without one " .

Modifies a noun

  • plaza: And i'd say dessert only providing voice data trump plaza hotel.
  • card: However, Ethernet had two more trump cards up its sleeve.
  • trick: East, with his certain trump trick, doubles.
  • suit: All seemed to depend on picking up the trump suit.
  • correspondence: There's no Tarot trump correspondence for Hx 22 or 23 in Karen's system.
  • honor: Here location of the top trump honor helps opener decide whether his suit will run in three no-trumps.

Modifying Another Word

  • on: In 1969 they were exchanged with British spy Gerald Brooke ( some said convicted in Russia on trumped up charges ).
  • still: The Zodiac has come and gone, yet in my opinion still trumps many newer devices.
  • up: Community cause comes up trumps Heath Countryside Corridor ( HCC ) has been successful in buying their second parcel of land.

Followed by an intransitive particle

up: The false charges trumped up out of Ali Campbell's backside?