TRUMP

cornet, horn, trumpet, trump

(noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

trump

(noun) (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand; “clubs were declared trumps”; “a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led”

trump, trump card

(noun) a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps; “the ace of trumps is a sure winner”

trump, trump out

(verb) proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare

trump, ruff

(verb) play a trump

outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop

(verb) get the better of; “the goal was to best the competition”

trump

(verb) produce a sound as if from a trumpet

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

trump (plural trumps)

(cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

(cards) A playing card of that suit.

(figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.

(colloquial, now rare) An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.

An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.

A card of the major arcana of the tarot.

Usage notes

For the top-ranking suit as a whole, American usage favors the singular trump and British usage the plural trumps.

Verb

trump (third-person singular simple present trumps, present participle trumping, simple past and past participle trumped)

(transitive, cards) To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.

(intransitive, cards) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.

(transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.

(transitive, dated) To impose unfairly; to palm off.

(transitive) To supersede.

(transitive) To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.

Synonyms

• (to play a trump card on another suit): ruff

• (to get the better of a competitor): outsmart

Coordinate terms

• (to play a trump card on another suit): underruff, overruff

Etymology 2

Noun

trump (plural trumps)

(archaic) A trumpet.

(slang, UK, childish, vulgar) Flatulence.

The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.

Verb

trump (third-person singular simple present trumps, present participle trumping, simple past and past participle trumped)

To blow a trumpet.

(intransitive, slang, UK, childish, vulgar) To flatulate.

Etymology 3

Shortening of Jew's-trump, which may be from French jeu-trump, jeu tromp, jeu trompe (a trump, or toy, to play with).

Noun

trump (plural trumps)

(dated, musical instrument) synonym of Jew's harp.

Etymology

Proper noun

Trump (plural Trumps)

A surname.

(politics) Used specifically of Donald Trump (b. 1946), a businessman, television personality and president of the United States of America.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trump is the 8,484^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3,886 individuals. Trump is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Trump, n. Etym: [OE. trumpe, trompe, F. trompe; probably fr. L. triumphare to triumph, to exult, hence, probably, to make a joyous sound or noise. See Triumph, v. i. & n., and cf. Trombone, Tromp, Trump at cards, Trumpery, Trumpet, Trunk a proboscis.]

Definition: A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; - - used chiefly in Scripture and poetry. We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. The wakeful trump of doom. Milton.

Trump, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OF. tromper. See Trump a trumpet.]

Definition: To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] Wyclif (Matt. vi. 2).

Trump, n. Etym: [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See Triumph, and cf. Trump a trumpet.]

1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.

2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff. Decker.

3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang] Alfred is a trump, I think you say. Thackeray. To put to one's trumps, or To put on one's trumps, to force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion. But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy, which before they neither valued nor understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are then put to their last trump. Milton. Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them. W. Irving.

Trump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Trumping.]

Definition: To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.

Trump, v. t.

Definition: To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.

Trump, v. t. Etym: [F. tromper to deceive, in OF., to blow a trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See Trump a trumpet.]

1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] "To trick or trump mankind." B. Jonson.

2. To impose unfairly; to palm off. Authors have been trumped upon us. C. Leslie. To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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