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Trumping
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Trumping
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1. Also called: trump card
a.
any card from the suit chosen as trumps
b.
this suit itself; trumps
2. Also called: trump card
a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc
3. informal
a fine or reliable person
verb
4.
to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)
5. (transitive)
to outdo or surpass
noun
1.
a trumpet or the sound produced by one
2. the last trump
verb
3. (intransitive)
to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet
4. (transitive)
to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
5. (intransitive) British slang
to expel intestinal gas through the anus
noun
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Trumping
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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. [occas. pl., with sing. v.]
a suit of trumps
3.
any advantage held in reserve until needed
4. Informal
a fine person, good fellow, etc.
verb transitive
5.
to play a trump on (a trick, another card, etc.) when a trump was not led, often, specif., so as to take it thereby
6.
to surpass; outdo
verb intransitive
7.
to play a trump when a trump was not led
noun, verb transitive, verb intransitive
Archaic
trumpet
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Trumping
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1. Games
a. often trumps A suit in card games that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand.
b. A card of such a suit.
c. A trump card.
2. A key resource to be used at an opportune moment.
3. Informal A reliable or admirable person.
v. trumped, trump·ing, trumps
v.tr.
1. Games To take (a card or trick) with a trump.
2. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
v.intr.
Games
Games
To play a trump.
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