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trump
1[ truhmp ]
noun
- Cards.
- 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.
- Often trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- Informal: Older Use. a fine, admirable person.
verb (used without object)
- Cards.
- to play a trump.
- to take a trick with a trump.
verb phrase
- to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate:
Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.
trump
2[ truhmp ]
noun
- a trumpet.
- the sound of a trumpet.
verb (used without object)
- to blow a trumpet.
Trump
3[ truhmp ]
noun
- Donald J(ohn), born 1946, 45th president of the United States 2017–21.
- ѱ··Ծ· [m, uh, -, lah, -nee-, uh] Melanija Knavs, born 1970, U.S. First Lady 2017–21 (wife of Donald J. Trump).
trump
1/ ٰʌ /
noun
- Also calledtrump card
- any card from the suit chosen as trumps
- this suit itself; trumps
- Also calledtrump card a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc
- informal.a fine or reliable person
verb
- to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)
- tr to outdo or surpass
trump
2/ ٰʌ /
noun
- a trumpet or the sound produced by one
- the last trumpthe final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
verb
- intr to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet
- tr to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
- slang.intr to expel intestinal gas through the anus
Derived Forms
- ˈٰܳ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ٰܳl adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of trump2
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of trump1
Origin of trump2
Idioms and Phrases
- hold all the aces (trumps)
- turn up trumps
Example Sentences
Indeed — truthiness, these days, far too often trumps the actual truth.
She also feels stifled by the way he uses his Jewish identity as a trump card.
The appellate court said federal law trumps Uber’s terms of use agreement, which U.S.
Some of Gates’ lawsuits rested on Huntington Beach’s status as a charter city, which grants localities power to trump state laws when dealing with municipal affairs.
“But I’m pretty sure I was the only one on the phone call with them who had lost his home. I was like, ‘I don’t want to pull a trump card here, but…’” He laughed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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