trumpnoun
uk/trʌmp/us/trʌmp/[ C ] a card that belongs to the group of cards that has been chosen to have the highest value in a particular game:
one of the four groups in a set of playing cards that has been chosen to have the highest value during a particular game or part of a game:
a situation in which all four groups of cards have equal value in a game of bridge
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- royal flush
- rummy
- shuffle
- singleton
- snap
- strip poker
- suit
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Idiom(s)
trumpverb [ T ]
uk/trʌmp/us/trʌmp/If you trump another player's card, you beat it with a card that belongs to the group of cards that has been chosen to have the highest value in the game you are playing.
to beat someone or something by doing or producing something better:
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Card games
- bridge
- canasta
- card sharp
- deal
- dealer
- diamond
- discard
- flush
- grand slam
- jack
- joker
- pass
- pool
- royal flush
- rummy
- shuffle
- singleton
- snap
- strip poker
- suit
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