trump 1 
(trŭmp)
(trŭmp)n.
1. Games
a. often trumps A suit in card games that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand.
b. A card of such a suit.
c. A trump card.
2. A key resource to be used at an opportune moment.
3. Informal A reliable or admirable person.
v. trumped, trump·ing, trumps
v.tr.
1. Games To take (a card or trick) with a trump.
2. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.
v.intr.
Games
Phrasal Verb: Games
To play a trump.
trump up
To devise fraudulently: trumped up a charge of conspiracy.
[Alteration of TRIUMPH.]
- controversially
- controversy
- controvert
- controvertible
- contumacious
- contumaciously
- contumaciousness
- contumacy
- contumelious
- contumeliously
- contumely
- contuse
- contusion
- conundrum
- conurbation
- conus arteriosus
- convalesce
- convalescence
- convalescent
- convect
- convection
- convectional
- convection oven
- convection zone
- convective