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English Dictionary: trump	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for trump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trump n a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; "the ace of trumps is a sure winner" Synonym(s): trump, trump card (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 Synonym(s): cornet, horn, trumpet, trump v produce a sound as if from a trumpet get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" Synonym(s): outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop play a trump Synonym(s): trump, ruff proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare Synonym(s): trump, trump out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, n. [OE. trumpe, trompe, F. trompe; probably fr. L. triumphare to triumph, to exult, hence, probably, to make a joyous sound or noise. See {Triumph}, v. i. & n., and cf. {Trombone}, {Tromp}, {Trump} at cards, {Trumpery}, {Trumpet}, {Trunk} a proboscis.] A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry. We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. --1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. The wakeful trump of doom. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trumping}.] To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, v. t. To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, v. t. [F. tromper to deceive, in OF., to blow a trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] [bd]To trick or trump mankind.[b8] --B. Jonson. 2. To impose unfairly; to palm off. Authors have been trumped upon us. --C. Leslie. {To trump up}, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, v. i. [Cf. OF. tromper. See {Trump} a trumpet.] To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Matt. vi. 2).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trump \Trump\, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See {Triumph}, and cf. {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits. 2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also {ruff}. --Decker. 3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang] Alfred is a trump, I think you say. --Thackeray. {To put to one's trumps}, [or] {To put on one's trumps}, to force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion. But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy, which before they neither valued nor understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are then put to their last trump. --Milton. Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them. --W. Irving.