trump.
The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
Meaning & usage
The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
Diamonds were declared trump(s).
A playing card of that suit.
He played an even higher trump.
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.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.
To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.
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.
In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.
A trumpet.
A fart.
The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”), from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trumpet”), from a common Germanic word of imitative origin. Doublet of tulumba and tromp. Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”). More at trumpet, drum.
To blow a trumpet.
To fart.
And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.
Who trumped?
Where this word comes from
From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”), from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trumpet”), from a common Germanic word of imitative origin. Doublet of tulumba and tromp. Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”). More at trumpet, drum.
Synonym of Jew's harp.
Where this word comes from
Ellipsis of Jew's-trump, which may be from French jeu-trompe (literally “toy trumpet”).
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