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trump ¹  (trmp)

n.

1. Games

a. A suit in card games that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand. Often used in the plural.

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

To play a trump.

Phrasal Verb:

trump up

To devise fraudulently: trumped up a charge of conspiracy.

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[Alteration of triumph.]

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trump ¹

Noun

same as trump card

Verb

1. Cards to beat a card by playing a card which belongs to a suit which outranks it

2. to outdo or surpass: she trumped his news by announcing that she had been picked for the Olympic team

See also trumps [variant of triumph]

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trump ²

Noun

Archaic or literary

1. a trumpet or the sound produced by one

2. the last trump the final trumpet call on the Day of Judgment [Old French trompe]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trump - a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; "the ace of trumps is a sure winner" trump card playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games
	2.	trump - (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand; "clubs were declared trumps"; "a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led" card game, cards - a game played with playing cards suit - playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"
	3.	trump - a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves cornet, trumpet, horn brass instrument, brass - a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece serpent - an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
Verb	1.	trump - produce a sound as if from a trumpet sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	trump - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" best, outdo, outflank, scoop beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart - defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"
	3.	trump - play a trump                         ruff card game, cards - a game played with playing cards move, go - have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?" overtrump - play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick crossruff - trump alternately in two hands
	4.	trump - proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare trump out announce, denote - make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly"

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trump

verb outdo, top, cap, surpass, score points off, excel

trump something up invent, create, make up, manufacture, fake, contrive, fabricate, concoct, cook up (informal)

Translations

trump [trʌmp] n (CARDS) → triunfo;

to turn up trumps (fig) → salir or resultar bien

trump [trʌmp] n → atout m;

to turn up trumps (fig) → faire des miracles

trump [trʌmp] n (also: trump card) (also fig); Trumpf m;

to turn up trumps (fig) → sich als Retter in der Not erweisen

trump [trʌmp] n (CARDS) → atout m inv;

to turn up trumps (fig) → fare miracoli

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trump

n trump [tramp]

in some card games, any card of a suit which has been declared to rank higher than the other suits This time, hearts are trumps; (also adjective ) a trump card.troefوَرَقَةٌ رابِحَه في وَرق اللعبкозtrumf(ový)trumf; trumf-der Trumf; Trumpf-...ατούtriunfotrumpخال حکمvaltti(d')atoutקְלָף עֲדִיפוּתतुरुपadutütőkártya, adukartu truftrompbriscolo, trionfo切札으뜸패koziristrumpismuslihattroeftrumfatu(t)trunfoatuкозырьtromf; tromfovýadutaduttrumfชุดไพ่ที่เอาชนะชุดอื่นได้koz(牌戲中的)王牌козир; козирнийترپ کا پتہlá bài chủ（牌戏中的）王牌

v

to defeat (an ordinary card) by playing a card from the trump suit He trumped (my king) with a heart.troefيأخُذ ورقَةً رابِحَة من أوراق اللعبцакамtrumfovattrumfestechenπαίζω ατούganar con un triunfotrumbiga löömaخال حکم زذن؛ ورق سر زدنkaataa valtillaprendre avec l'atoutלְשַׂחֵק עִם קְלָף עֲדִיפוּתतुरुप चलनाtući adutomaduval ütmentruftrompaprendere切札で負かす으뜸패로 잡다, 으뜸패를 써서 이기다koziriuotitrumpotmeniputroeventrumfe, spille trumfprzebić atutemcortar com trunfoa tăia cu atuulбить козырем(pre)tromfnúťprevzeti z adutomadutiratitrumfaเก่งกว่าkoz oynamak(出王牌)贏牌бити козиремکھيل ميں ہرا ديناcắt bằng quân bài chủ（出王牌）赢牌