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noun
- 1. (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led: "declarer ruffs the opening lead and plays a trump"
- 2. a helpful or admirable person: informal, dated "Spencer's doctor is a trump—I am like a new man"
verb
- 1. (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play a trump on (a card of another suit), having no cards of the suit led: "why on earth did you trump my ace?"
- 2. beat (someone or something) by saying or doing something better: "taste trumps most if not all other factors when consumers choose food products"
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The meaning of TRUMP is a card of a suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit —called also trump card. How to use trump in a sentence.
verb [ T ] uk / trʌmp / us / trʌmp /. If you trump another player's card, you beat it with a card that belongs to the group of cards that has been chosen to have the highest value in the game you are playing. to beat someone or something by doing or producing something better:
To trump is to outrank or defeat someone or something, often in a highly public way. Safety might trump appearance when you're buying a car, or your desires may trump your brother's when it comes to making weekend plans.
If you trump what someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better. The Socialists tried to trump this with their slogan. [ VERB noun ]
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 /
: to create or make up (something false) in order to cause problems for someone, connect someone to a crime, etc. She trumped up some excuse to fire him. trump up an accusation.
Definition of trump noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
trump something/somebody to beat something that somebody says or does by saying or doing something even better. They were trumped by another firm that made a lower bid. Word Origin. Phrasal Verbs. trump up. See trump in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: trump.
trump meaning, definition, what is trump: a card from the suit that has been chose...: Learn more.
Define trump. trump synonyms, trump pronunciation, trump translation, English dictionary definition of trump. n. 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.
