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trumps

trump
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [truhmp]
    • /trʌmp/
    • /trʌmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [truhmp]
    • /trʌmp/

Definitions of trumps word

  • noun trumps a trumpet. 1
  • noun trumps its sound. 1
  • verb with object trumps Cards. to take with a trump. 1
  • verb with object trumps to excel; surpass; outdo. 1
  • verb without object trumps to blow a trumpet. 1
  • noun plural trumps any one of the four suits, decided by cutting or bidding, that outranks all the other suits for the duration of a deal or game 0
See all 6 definitions of trumps

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Origin of trumps

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; unexplained variant of triumph

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Trumps

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Trumps

trumps popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for trumps

verb trumps

  • caps — Capital letters.
  • cobs — Plural form of cob.
  • crestings — Plural form of cresting.
  • outgoes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgo.
  • worsteds — Plural form of worsted.

noun trumps

All 8 Synonyms of trumps

Top questions with trumps

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Related words

  • manille

    the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass.

  • pedro

    any of several varieties of all fours in which the five of trumps counts at its face value.

  • crossruff

    the alternate trumping of each other's leads by two partners, or by declarer and dummy

  • jass

    a card game for two persons that is played with a 36-card pack made by removing all cards below the sixes from a regular 52-card pack, in which point values are assigned to certain melds and to certain cards taken in tricks.

  • klaberjass

    a card game played with a 32-card pack, made by removing all cards below the sevens from a regular 52-card pack, in which scoring values are assigned to certain cards taken in tricks, to sequences in the same suit, to the king and queen of trumps, and to the last trick.

  • royal marriage

    a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle. Compare marriage (def 9).
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