trump

trump
Synonyms and related words:
ace, action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, beat, best, best bower, better, bower, brick, cap, cards, clubs, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, crackerjack, deck, demarche, deuce, device, diamonds, dodge, doll, dummy, effort, exceed, excel, expedient, face cards, flush, full house, gimmick, go one better, good Joe, good egg, good guy, hand, hearts, improve on, improvisation, jack, joker, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, king, knave, last expedient, last resort, last shift, left bower, likely lad, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, move, nice guy, no slouch, outdo, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overtop, pack, pair, pass, perfect, picture cards, pis aller, playing cards, predominate, preponderate, prevail, pussycat, queen, resort, resource, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, shake-up, shift, singleton, solution, spades, step, stopgap, stout fellow, straight, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, surpass, tactic, temporary expedient, top, tower above, tower over, transcend, trey, trick, working hypothesis, working proposition

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  • Trump — card redirects here. For the game show, see Trump Card (game show). For other uses, see Trump (disambiguation). A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its normal rank in trick taking games. Typically an entire suit is nominated as a… …   Wikipedia

  • Trump — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Donald Trump (* 1946), US amerikanischer Unternehmer Georg Trump (1896–1985), deutscher Grafiker Ivana Trump (* 1949), US amerikanische Unternehmerin und Model Ivanka Trump (* 1981), US amerikanisches… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • trump — trump1 [trump] n. [altered < TRIUMPH] 1. any playing card of a suit that ranks higher than any other suit during the playing of a hand: a trump can take any card of any other suit 2. [occas. pl., with sing. v.] a suit of trumps 3. any… …   English World dictionary

  • 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.] To trick or trump mankind. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To impose unfairly; to palm off.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trump — Trump, v. t. To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trump — Trump, v. i. [Cf. OF. tromper. See {Trump} a trumpet.] To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] Wyclif (Matt. vi. 2). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trump — ► NOUN 1) (in bridge, whist, etc.) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led. 2) a valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, to gain an… …   English terms dictionary

  • Trump — Trump, so v.w. Trompetenvogel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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