trump¹ /trump/

1. A card of a suit that ranks higher than any card of any other suit
2. Ruff, an old card game like whist
3. A good, trusty person (informal)

1. To play a trump card upon instead of following suit
2. To take (a trick, etc) in this way (also figurative)
3. Of an Oxford University college, to gain (a student) by trumping

To play trumps on another suit

trumpˈing noun

At Oxford University, the system whereby colleges may offer an award and a place (which must be accepted) to other colleges' gifted applicants, so ensuring a more even spread of talented students among the colleges

trump card noun

1. (in some card games) the card turned up to determine the trump suit
2. Any card of that suit
3. An advantageous or successful expedient

noˈ-trumpˈer

A hand suitable for no-trumps

noˈ-trumps

A declaration in bridge and whist whereby no suit is more powerful than the rest (noˈ-trump adjective)

turn (or come) up trumps

To behave in a very helpful or generous way, esp unexpectedly

trump² /trump/ (archaic or poetic)

1. A trumpet
2. A blast
3. An act of breaking wind from the anus (slang)
4. A Jew's-harp (now Scot)

1. To trumpet
2. To break wind from the anus (slang)

trump marine noun

The tromba marina

the last trump (religion)

The trumpet blast to waken the dead on Judgement Day

trump³ /trump/ (obsolete)

To deceive

trumpˈery noun

1. Showy and worthless stuff
2. Rubbish
3. Ritual foolery

Showy but worthless

trump⁴ /trump/

An obstruction cast in one's way

1. To cast as an obstruction (obsolete)
2. To allege (obsolete)
3. To concoct and put forward unscrupulously (with up)

trumpedˈ-up adjective

Invented, false

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