Trump
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English
Verb
Trump (third-person singular simple present Trumps, present participle Trumping, simple past and past participle Trumped)
- (transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
- (transitive) To supersede.
- (transitive)(card games) To play a trump (on a card of another suit).
- (intransitive)(card games) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump
Noun
Trump (plural Trumps)- (US, singular)(card games) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
- (UK, in the plural)(card games) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
- (card games)A playing card of that suit.
- (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
- (colloquial, now rare) An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
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