Definition of overtrump in English:
overtrump
verb əʊvəˈtrʌmpˌoʊvərˈtrəmp
another term for overruff
Example sentencesExamples
- This includes trumping or overtrumping if you can not follow suit.
- For the sake of clarity, it is worth pointing out that where a lead of a plain suit has been trumped by the second player to a trick and the third to play also has no cards in the suit led, then the third player must still overtrump if possible.
- Failing to follow suit, trump or overtrump when able to do so.
- If you are trumping in, and there is a possibility of being overtrumped, trump with at least a Jack so that the fourth player cannot win with a Fox or 10 of trumps.
- For the first round, all clubs are trump and the three remaining Jacks overtrump clubs.
Definition of overtrump in US English:
overtrump
verbˌoʊvərˈtrəmpˌōvərˈtrəmp
[no object](in bridge and similar card games) play a trump that is higher than one already played in the same trick.
Example sentencesExamples
- This includes trumping or overtrumping if you can not follow suit.
- For the first round, all clubs are trump and the three remaining Jacks overtrump clubs.
- If you are trumping in, and there is a possibility of being overtrumped, trump with at least a Jack so that the fourth player cannot win with a Fox or 10 of trumps.
- Failing to follow suit, trump or overtrump when able to do so.
- For the sake of clarity, it is worth pointing out that where a lead of a plain suit has been trumped by the second player to a trick and the third to play also has no cards in the suit led, then the third player must still overtrump if possible.
nounˌoʊvərˈtrəmpˌōvərˈtrəmp
An act of overtrumping.
Example sentencesExamples
- A trump automatically wins the trick unless someone else throws an overtrump.
- The risk of an overtrump in Diamonds to the left and therefore the necessity of trumping with a master.