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trump
1[ truhmp ]
noun
- Cards.
- any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit.
- Often trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- Informal: Older Use. a fine, admirable person.
verb (used without object)
- Cards.
- to play a trump.
- to take a trick with a trump.
verb phrase
- to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate:
Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.
trump
2[ truhmp ]
noun
- a trumpet.
- the sound of a trumpet.
verb (used without object)
- to blow a trumpet.
Trump
3[ truhmp ]
noun
- Donald J(ohn), born 1946, 45th president of the United States 2017–21.
- Me·la·ni·a [m, uh, -, lah, -nee-, uh] Melanija Knavs, born 1970, U.S. First Lady 2017–21 (wife of Donald J. Trump).
trump
1/ trʌmp /
noun
- Also calledtrump card
- any card from the suit chosen as trumps
- this suit itself; trumps
- Also calledtrump card a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc
- informal.a fine or reliable person
verb
- to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)
- tr to outdo or surpass
trump
2/ trʌmp /
noun
- a trumpet or the sound produced by one
- the last trumpthe final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
verb
- intr to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet
- tr to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
- slang.intr to expel intestinal gas through the anus
Derived Forms
- ˈtrumpless, adjective
Other Words From
- trumpless adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of trump2
Word History and Origins
Origin of trump1
Origin of trump2
Idioms and Phrases
- hold all the aces (trumps)
- turn up trumps
Example Sentences
The most irresponsible comments however would have to be those of Donald Trump, since he should know better.
Hispanics, notes a recent Pew survey economic issues easily trump immigration.
In August, Trump filed a lawsuit to have his name removed from the casino and from the nearby, since-closed Trump Plaza.
Trump even gave Jackson a personal tour of the venue, with television cameras in tow.
I am watching the sunrise from the 39th floor of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Suddenly, as the Count dealt a king as trump card, he sprang to his feet knocking over the chair behind him.
But in very brief while a fearful sound arose, awful as the last trump that shall proclaim to mankind the end of the world.
When the dealer has a choice of declarations, a sound heart make is to be preferred to a doubtful no-trump.
When a spade declaration has been made by dummy, one trump less is necessary and the doubler need not be on the declarer's left.
The converse, to lead through strength, must be used with caution, and does not apply to no-trump declarations.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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