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Definitions for Trump

[1] 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.
[2] Informal . a fine person; brick.
[3] Cards . to take with a trump.
[4] to excel; surpass; outdo.
[5] Cards . to play a trump. to take a trick with a trump.
[6] trump up , to devise deceitfully or dishonestly, as an accusation; fabricate: Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.
[7] a trumpet.
[8] its sound.
[9] to blow a trumpet.
[10] Also called: trump card any card from the suit chosen as trumps this suit itself; trumps
[11] Also called: trump card a decisive or advantageous move, resource, action, etc
[12] informal a fine or reliable person
[13] to play a trump card on (a suit, or a particular card of a suit, that is not trumps)
[14] (tr) to outdo or surpass
[15] a trumpet or the sound produced by one
[16] the last trump the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
[17] (intr) to produce a sound upon or as if upon the trumpet
[18] (tr) to proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
[19] (intr) British slang to expel intestinal gas through the anus

Words related to Trump

outdo, overtake, precedence, prevalence, influence, supremacy, leeway, utility, prestige, wealth, profit, improvement, avail, favor, asset, dominance, resources, boon, choice, protection

Words nearby Trump

truman, harry s., truman-macarthur controversy, trumbo, trumbull, trumeau, trump, trump card, trump up, trumped-up, trumpeldor, trumpery

Origin of Trump

21250–1300; (noun) Middle English trompe < Old French < Old High German trumpa, variant of trumba trumpet; (v.) Middle English trompen < Old French tromper, derivative of trompe

Other words from Trump

trump·less , adjective

Word origin for Trump

C13: from Old French trompe , from Old High German trumpa trumpet; compare trombone

Synonyms for Trump

aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, utility, wealth, ace in the hole, leg-up, pre-eminence, trump card, upper hand