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trump

1  [truhmp]
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–noun
1. Cards.
a. 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.
b. Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
2. Informal. a fine person; brick.
–verb (used with object)
3. Cards. to take with a trump.
4. to excel; surpass; outdo.
–verb (used without object)
5. Cards.
a. to play a trump.
b. to take a trick with a trump.
—Verb phrase
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.
Origin:
1520–30; unexplained var. of triumph

Related forms:
trumpless, adjective
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trump

2  [truhmp] ,Literary.
–noun
1. a trumpet.
2. its sound.
–verb (used without object)
3. to blow a trumpet.
Origin:
1250–1300; (n.) ME trompe < OF < OHG trumpa, var. of trumba trumpet; (v.) ME trompen < OF tromper, deriv. of trompe
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trump 1   (trŭmp)   
n.  

  1. Games

    1. A suit in card games that outranks all other suits for the duration of a hand. Often used in the plural.

    2. A card of such a suit.

    3. A trump card.

  2. A key resource to be used at an opportune moment.

  3. Informal A reliable or admirable person.

v.   trumped, trump·ing, trumps

v.   tr.

  1. Games To take (a card or trick) with a trump.

  2. To get the better of (an adversary or competitor, for example) by using a crucial, often hidden resource.

v.   intr. Games
To play a trump.
Phrasal Verb(s):
trump upTo devise fraudulently: trumped up a charge of conspiracy.

[Alteration of triumph.]
trump 2   (trŭmp)   
n.  A trumpet.

[Middle English trompe, from Old French; see trumpet.]
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Word Origin & History

trump  (n.1)
"playing card of a suit ranking above others," 1529, alteration of triumph, name of a card game. The verb meaning "surpass, beat" is attested from 1586.

trump  (v.)
"fabricate, devise," 1695, from trump "deceive, cheat" (1513), from M.E. trumpen (1375), from O.Fr. tromper "deceive," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a verb meaning "to blow a trumpet." Trumped up "false, concocted" first recorded 1728.

trump  (n.2)
"trumpet," 1297, from O.Fr. trompe "long, tube-like musical wind instrument" (12c.), cognate with Prov. tromba, It. tromba, all probably from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. trumpa and O.N. trumba "trumpet"), of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

trump

In addition to the idioms beginning with trump, also see hold all the aces (trumps); turn up trumps.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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