trump
1 Americannoun
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Cards.
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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.
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(used with a singular verb) Often trumps the suit itself.
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Informal: Older Use. a fine, admirable person.
verb (used without object)
verb phrase
noun
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Donald J(ohn), born 1946, 45th president of the United States 2017–21.
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Melania Melanija Knavs, born 1970, U.S. First Lady 2017–21 (wife of Donald J. Trump).
noun
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Also called: trump card.
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any card from the suit chosen as trumps
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this suit itself; trumps
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Also called: trump card. a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc
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informal a fine or reliable person
verb
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to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)
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(tr) to outdo or surpass
noun
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a trumpet or the sound produced by one
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the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
verb
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(intr) to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet
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(tr) to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
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slang (intr) to expel intestinal gas through the anus
Other Word Forms
- trumpless adjective
Etymology
Origin of trump1
First recorded in 1520–30; unexplained variant of triumph
Origin of trump2
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”
Example Sentences
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“My sense is that markets are discounting an attack on Iran, and that trumps all at the moment.”
From Barron's
Scotland and Ireland both fielded the backfield barrage, with catchers trumping England in the air and their energised team-mates well positioned to scoop up any loose-ball from spills.
From BBC
For now though, style and savings appear to have trumped concerns about sustainability, with many small-town Indians only just getting on to the fast-fashion bandwagon.
From BBC
Yet eventually the spectacle trumped the substance and his revolution was undone.
In his work, the University of California Davis psychology professor offers a dating and relationships alternative in which compatibility trumps all.
From Los Angeles Times
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