trump

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[ truhmp ]
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noun
  1. Cards.

    • 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.

    • Often trumps .(used with a singular verb) the suit itself.

  2. Informal: Older Use. a fine, admirable person.

verb (used with object)
  1. Cards. to take with a trump.

verb (used without object)
  1. Cards.

    • to play a trump.

    • to take a trick with a trump.

Verb Phrases
  1. trump up, to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate: Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.

Origin of trump

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First recorded in 1520–30; unexplained variant of triumph

Other words from trump

  • trumpless, adjective

Words Nearby trump

Other definitions for trump (2 of 3)

trump2
[ truhmp ]

noun
  1. the sound of a trumpet.

verb (used without object)
  1. to blow a trumpet.

Origin of trump

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First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English noun tromp(e), troump, from Old French tromp(e), tronpe; probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba “trumpet”

Other definitions for Trump (3 of 3)

Trump
[ truhmp ]

noun
  1. Donald J(ohn), born 1946, 45th president of the United States 2017–21.

  2. Me·la·ni·a [muh-lah-nee-uh] /məˈlɑ ni ə/ Melanija Knavs, born 1970, U.S. First Lady 2017–21 (wife of Donald J. Trump).

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How to use trump in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for trump (1 of 2)

trump1

/ (trʌmp) /


noun
  1. Also called: trump card

    • any card from the suit chosen as trumps

    • this suit itself; trumps

  2. Also called: trump card a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc

  1. informal a fine or reliable person

verb
  1. to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)

  2. (tr) to outdo or surpass

Origin of trump

1
C16: variant of triumph

Derived forms of trump

  • trumpless, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for trump (2 of 2)

trump2

/ (trʌmp) archaic, or literary /


noun
  1. a trumpet or the sound produced by one

  2. 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

verb
  1. (intr) to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet

  2. (tr) to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare

  1. (intr) British slang to expel intestinal gas through the anus

Origin of trump

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C13: from Old French trompe, from Old High German trumpa trumpet; compare trombone

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Other Idioms and Phrases with trump

trump

In addition to the idioms beginning with trump

  • trump card
  • trump up

also see:

  • hold all the aces (trumps)
  • turn up trumps

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