cross·ruff (krôs′rŭf′, -rŭf′, krŏs′-) n. 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.
crossruff (ˈkrɒsˌrʌf ) bridge whist n (Bridge) the alternate trumping of each other's leads by two partners, or by declarer and dummy
vb (Bridge) (intr ) to trump alternately in two hands of a partnership
cross•ruff (n. ˈkrɔsˌrʌf, -ˈrʌf, ˈkrɒs-; v. -ˈrʌf) n. 1. a play, esp. in bridge, in which each hand of a partnership alternately trumps a card in consecutive rounds.
v.t., v.i. 2. to play by means of a crossruff.
[1585–95]
crossruff Past participle: crossruffedGerund: crossruffingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative crossruff crossruff
Present I crossruff you crossruff he/she/it crossruffs we crossruff you crossruff they crossruff
Preterite I crossruffed you crossruffed he/she/it crossruffed we crossruffed you crossruffed they crossruffed
Present Continuous I am crossruffing you are crossruffing he/she/it is crossruffing we are crossruffing you are crossruffing they are crossruffing
Present Perfect I have crossruffed you have crossruffed he/she/it has crossruffed we have crossruffed you have crossruffed they have crossruffed
Past Continuous I was crossruffing you were crossruffing he/she/it was crossruffing we were crossruffing you were crossruffing they were crossruffing
Past Perfect I had crossruffed you had crossruffed he/she/it had crossruffed we had crossruffed you had crossruffed they had crossruffed
Future I will crossruff you will crossruff he/she/it will crossruff we will crossruff you will crossruff they will crossruff
Future Perfect I will have crossruffed you will have crossruffed he/she/it will have crossruffed we will have crossruffed you will have crossruffed they will have crossruffed
Future Continuous I will be crossruffing you will be crossruffing he/she/it will be crossruffing we will be crossruffing you will be crossruffing they will be crossruffing
Present Perfect Continuous I have been crossruffing you have been crossruffing he/she/it has been crossruffing we have been crossruffing you have been crossruffing they have been crossruffing
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been crossruffing you will have been crossruffing he/she/it will have been crossruffing we will have been crossruffing you will have been crossruffing they will have been crossruffing
Past Perfect Continuous I had been crossruffing you had been crossruffing he/she/it had been crossruffing we had been crossruffing you had been crossruffing they had been crossruffing
Conditional I would crossruff you would crossruff he/she/it would crossruff we would crossruff you would crossruff they would crossruff
Past Conditional I would have crossruffed you would have crossruffed he/she/it would have crossruffed we would have crossruffed you would have crossruffed they would have crossruffed
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Verb 1. crossruff - trump alternately in two hands