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Crossruff
see synonyms of crossruffVerb
1. crossruff
trump alternately in two hands
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Crossruff
see synonyms of crossruffnoun
1.
the alternate trumping of each other's leads by two partners, or by declarer and dummy
verb
2. (intransitive)
to trump alternately in two hands of a partnership
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Crossruff
see synonyms of crossruff noun Cards
a sequence of plays in which a card is led from the hand of each of two partners in turn, which the other trumps
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Crossruff
see synonyms of crossruffn.
A series of plays in games of the whist family in which partnership hands alternately trump suits led by the other partner.
v. cross·ruffed, cross·ruff·ing, cross·ruffs
v.intr.
To perform a crossruff or a series of crossruffs.
v.tr.
To trump (one's partner's lead or a lead from the dummy) in alternating plays.
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