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Definition trump

Etymology 1

Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe.

Noun

trump (plural trumps)

  1. (card games) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
  2. (card games) A playing card of that suit.
  3. (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
  4. (colloquial, now rare) An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
  5. An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
  6. A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
Verb

trump (third-person singular simple present trumps, present participle trumping, simple past and past participle trumped)

  1. (transitive, card games) To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
  2. (intransitive, card games) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
  3. (transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
  4. (transitive, dated) To impose unfairly; to palm off.
  5. (transitive) To supersede.

Etymology 2

From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”) from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”). Akin to Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”). More at trumpet, drum.

Noun

trump (plural trumps)

  1. (archaic) A trumpet.
  2. (slang, Britain, childish, vulgar) Flatulence.
  3. The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
Verb

trump (third-person singular simple present trumps, present participle trumping, simple past and past participle trumped)

  1. To blow a trumpet.
  2. (intransitive, slang, Britain, childish, vulgar) To flatulate.

Etymology 3

Shortening of Jew's-trump, which may be from French jeu-trump, jeu tromp, jeu trompe (a trump, or toy, to play with).

Noun

trump (plural trumps)

  1. (dated, music) Synonym of Jew's harp.

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