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trump 1
(trŭmp)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. 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
Phrasal Verb: To play a trump.
trump up
To devise fraudulently: trumped up a charge of conspiracy.
[Alteration of triumph.]
trump 2
(trŭmp)n.
A trumpet.
[Middle English trompe, from Old French; see trumpet.]
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trump
(trʌmp)n
1. (Card Games)
a. any card from the suit chosen as trumps
b. this suit itself; trumps
2. Also called: trump card a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc
3. informal a fine or reliable person
vb
4. (Card Games) to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)
5. (tr) to outdo or surpass
[C16: variant of triumph]
ˈtrumpless adj
trump
(trʌmp)n
1. (Instruments) a trumpet or the sound produced by one
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the last trump the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
vb
3. (Music, other) (intr) to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet
4. (Music, other) (tr) to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
5. (intr) slang Brit to expel intestinal gas through the anus
[C13: from Old French trompe, from Old High German trumpa trumpet; compare trombone]
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trump1
(trʌmp)n.
1.
a. 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.
b. Often, trumps. (used with a sing. v.) the suit itself.
2. Informal. a fine person; brick.
v.t. 3. to take with a trump.
4. to excel; surpass; outdo.
v.i. 5.
a. to play a trump.
b. to take a trick with a trump.
6. trump up, to devise or invent (an accusation, excuse, etc.), esp. deceitfully.
[1520–30; unexplained variant of triumph]
trump2
(trʌmp)n., v. Literary. n.
1. a trumpet.
2. its sound.
v.i. 3. to blow a trumpet.
[1250–1300; Middle English trompe (n.) < Old French < Germanic; compare Old High German trumpa, variant of trumba trumpet]
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trump
Past participle: trumped
Gerund: trumping
| Imperative |
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| trump |
| trump |
| Present |
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| I trump |
| you trump |
| he/she/it trumps |
| we trump |
| you trump |
| they trump |
| Preterite |
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| I trumped |
| you trumped |
| he/she/it trumped |
| we trumped |
| you trumped |
| they trumped |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am trumping |
| you are trumping |
| he/she/it is trumping |
| we are trumping |
| you are trumping |
| they are trumping |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have trumped |
| you have trumped |
| he/she/it has trumped |
| we have trumped |
| you have trumped |
| they have trumped |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was trumping |
| you were trumping |
| he/she/it was trumping |
| we were trumping |
| you were trumping |
| they were trumping |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had trumped |
| you had trumped |
| he/she/it had trumped |
| we had trumped |
| you had trumped |
| they had trumped |
| Future |
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| I will trump |
| you will trump |
| he/she/it will trump |
| we will trump |
| you will trump |
| they will trump |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have trumped |
| you will have trumped |
| he/she/it will have trumped |
| we will have trumped |
| you will have trumped |
| they will have trumped |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be trumping |
| you will be trumping |
| he/she/it will be trumping |
| we will be trumping |
| you will be trumping |
| they will be trumping |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been trumping |
| you have been trumping |
| he/she/it has been trumping |
| we have been trumping |
| you have been trumping |
| they have been trumping |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been trumping |
| you will have been trumping |
| he/she/it will have been trumping |
| we will have been trumping |
| you will have been trumping |
| they will have been trumping |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been trumping |
| you had been trumping |
| he/she/it had been trumping |
| we had been trumping |
| you had been trumping |
| they had been trumping |
| Conditional |
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| I would trump |
| you would trump |
| he/she/it would trump |
| we would trump |
| you would trump |
| they would trump |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have trumped |
| you would have trumped |
| he/she/it would have trumped |
| we would have trumped |
| you would have trumped |
| they would have trumped |
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Noun 1. [画像:trump - a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps]trump - a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; "the ace of trumps is a sure winner"
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"
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. [画像:trump - a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone]trump - a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
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. [画像:trump - produce a sound as if from a trumpet]trump - produce a sound as if from a trumpet
2. [画像:trump - get the better of]trump - get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
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. [画像:trump - play a trump]trump - play a trump
overtrump - play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick
crossruff - trump alternately in two hands
4. [画像:trump - proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare]trump - proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
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trump
verb outdo, top, cap, surpass, score points off, excel The Socialists tried to trump this with their slogan.
trump something up invent, create, make up, manufacture, fake, contrive, fabricate, concoct, cook up (informal) He insists that charges against him have been trumped up.
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trump
nounSomething, especially something held in reserve, that gives one a decisive advantage:
Informal: clincher.
Idiom: ace in the hole.
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Translations
وَرَقَةٌ رابِحَه في وَرق اللعبيأخُذ ورقَةً رابِحَة من أوراق اللعب
truimftrumftrumfovattrumfy
trumftrumfe
valttivalttikortti
aduaduval üttromfütõkártya
tromptrompa
koziriskoziriuoti
trumpistrumpot
tromftromfovaťtromfový
adut
koz koz oynamak
trump
[trʌmp]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
trump
1n (Cards, fig) → Trumpf m; spades are trumps → Pik ist Trumpf ; what’s trumps? → was ist Trumpf?; to hold all the trumps (fig) → alle Trümpfe in der Hand halten ; he’s absolutely trumps (dated inf) → er ist große Klasse (inf); to come or turn up trumps (Brit inf) → sich als Sieger erweisen
vt (Cards) → stechen ; (fig) → übertrumpfen
trump
2Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
trump
[trʌmp]1. n (Cards) → atout m inv
hearts are trumps → l'atout è di cuori
to turn up trumps (fig) → fare miracoli
hearts are trumps → l'atout è di cuori
to turn up trumps (fig) → fare miracoli
2. vt (Cards) → tagliare, prendere con l'atout
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
trump
(tramp) noun 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. troef وَرَقَةٌ رابِحَه في وَرق اللعب коз trunfo trumf(ový) der Trumf; Trumpf-... trumf; trumf- ατού triunfo trump خال حکم valtti atout קְלָף עֲדִיפוּת तुरुप adut ütőkártya, adu kartu truf tromp briscolo, trionfo 切札 으뜸패 koziris trumpis muslihat troef trumf atu(t) تروم trunfo atu козырь tromf; tromfový adut adut trumf ชุดไพ่ที่เอาชนะชุดอื่นได้ koz (牌戲中的)王牌 козир; козирний ترپ کا پتہ lá bài chủ (牌戏中的)王牌
verb to defeat (an ordinary card) by playing a card from the trump suit. He trumped (my king) with a heart. troef يأخُذ ورقَةً رابِحَة من أوراق اللعب цакам cortar com trunfo trumfovat stechen trumfe παίζω ατού ganar con un triunfo trumbiga lööma خال حکم زذن؛ ورق سر زدن voittaa valtilla prendre avec l'atout לְשַׂחֵק עִם קְלָף עֲדִיפוּת तुरुप चलना tući adutom aduval üt mentruf trompa prendere 切札で負かす 으뜸패로 따다 koziriuoti trumpot menipu troeven trumfe, spille trumf przebić atutem ورق وهل cortar com trunfo a tăia cu atuul бить козырем (pre)tromfnúť prevzeti z adutom adutirati trumfa เก่งกว่า koz oynamak (出王牌)贏牌 бити козирем کھيل ميں ہرا دينا cắt bằng quân bài chủ (出王牌)赢牌
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