trump

Plural: trumps

Noun

• a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
  • "the ace of trumps is a sure winner"
• (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"
• a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
• The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
• A playing card of that suit.
• Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
• An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
• An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
• A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
• A trumpet.
• A fart.
• The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
• Synonym of Jew's harp.

Verb

Verb Forms: trumped, trumping, trumps

• To excel or outdo someone or something.
• produce a sound as if from a trumpet
• get the better of
• play a trump
• proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
• To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
• To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
• To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
• To impose unfairly; to palm off.
• To supersede.
• To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
• To blow a trumpet.
• To fart.

Examples

• And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.
• Diamonds were declared trump(s).
• He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.
• He managed to ’trump’ his opponent’s last play with a bonus word that sealed the victory.
• He played an even higher trump.
• In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
• Who trumped?

Synonyms

best, cornet, horn, outdo, outflank, ruff, scoop, trump card, trump out, trumpet, Jew's harp, cheat, clown, outsmart

Anagrams of trump