TRUMPS
Noun
trumps
plural of trump
(British) The suit in a game of cards that outranks all others.
The major arcana of the tarot.
Verb
trumps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trump
Proper noun
Trumps
plural of Trump
Source: Wiktionary
TRUMP
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.
TRUMP
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