Dictionary Definition
trump
Noun
1 a playing card in the suit that has been
declared trumps [syn: trump
card]
2 a brass musical instrument with a brilliant
tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of
valves [syn: cornet,
horn, trumpet]
Verb
1 produce a sound as if from a trumpet
3 play a trump [syn: ruff]
4 proclaim or announce with or as if with a
fanfare [syn: trump
out]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌmp
Etymology 1
possibly from triumphNoun
Translations
suit that outranks all others
playing card of that suit
something that gives one an advantage
Verb
- To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump; to ruff.
- To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
- To supersede
- In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
Translations
To play a trump, or to take a trick with a
trump; to ruff
To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor
- Finnish: päihittää
Derived terms
Etymology 2
trompeNoun
trump- A trumpet.
Extensive Definition
Trump may refer to:
- Trump (card game), cards of special rank in certain card games
- Trump (magazine), a glossy magazine of satire and erotic humor, mostly in the forms of comic-strip features and short stories
- Slang: in the some regions of the UK, trump means to break wind. Also used in the UK exclamation of joy "Do trumps on your mobile!"
- An earlier name for the jaw harp
- A trumpet or the blow of a trumpet, especially the Last Trump wakening the dead at the day of judgment
A number of entries related to Donald
Trump, an American business executive and the owner of a number
of establishments bearing his name
- Melania Trump, model, Donald Trump's third wife
- Ivana Trump, model, Donald Trump's first wife
- Ivanka Trump, model, businesswoman and Donald Trump's daughter
- Donald Trump, Jr, businessman and Donald Trump's son
- Trump Tower, especially Trump Tower in New York
- Trump International Hotel and Tower
- Trump World Tower in New York
- Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., chaired by Donald Trump
- Trump Organization, Donald Trump's main company
- Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, a collection of men's apparel
- Trumped!, a radio program hosted by Donald Trump
- Trump Golf Scotland, Donald Trump's new golf project at Menie near Balmedie in the North East of Scotland
- Trump: The Game, a board game inspired by Donald Trump
trump in German: Trump
trump in Korean: 트럼프
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ace,
action, ad hoc measure,
answer, artifice, beat, best, best bower, better, bower, brick, cap, cards, clubs, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, crackerjack, deck, demarche, deuce, device, diamonds, dodge, doll, dummy, effort, exceed, excel, expedient, face cards,
flush, full house,
gimmick, go one better,
good Joe, good egg, good guy, hand, hearts, improve on, improvisation, jack, joker, jury-rig, jury-rigged
expedient, king, knave, last expedient, last
resort, last shift, left bower, likely lad, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, move, nice guy, no slouch, outdo, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overtop, pack, pair, pass, perfect, picture cards, pis
aller, playing cards, predominate, preponderate, prevail, pussycat, queen, resort, resource, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, shake-up, shift, singleton, solution, spades, step, stopgap, stout fellow, straight, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy,
surpass, tactic, temporary expedient,
top, tower above, tower
over, transcend,
trey, trick, working hypothesis, working
proposition