trump
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
trump
n 1: a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps;
"the ace of trumps is a sure winner" [syn: {trump}, {trump
card}]
2: (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"
3: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a
narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of
valves [syn: {cornet}, {horn}, {trumpet}, {trump}]
v 1: produce a sound as if from a trumpet
2: get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
[syn: {outdo}, {outflank}, {trump}, {best}, {scoop}]
3: play a trump [syn: {trump}, {ruff}]
4: proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare [syn:
{trump}, {trump out}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trump \Trump\, n. [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.]
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet;
-- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
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We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trump. --1 Cor. xv.
51, 52.
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The wakeful trump of doom. --Milton.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trump \Trump\, v. t. [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.
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2. To impose unfairly; to palm off.
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Authors have been trumped upon us. --C. Leslie.
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{To trump up}, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to
fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Trump \Trump\, n. [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.
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2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; --
called also {ruff}. --Decker.
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3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang]
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Alfred is a trump, I think you say. --Thackeray.
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{To put to one's trumps}, or {To put on one's trumps}, to
force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion.
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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.
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Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate
them. --W. Irving.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
110 Moby Thesaurus words for "trump":
ace, action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, beat, best,
best bower, better, bower, brick, cap, cards, clubs, contrivance,
countermove, coup, course of action, crackerjack, deck, demarche,
deuce, device, diamonds, dodge, doll, dummy, effort, exceed, excel,
expedient, face cards, flush, full house, gimmick, go one better,
good Joe, good egg, good guy, hand, hearts, improve on,
improvisation, jack, joker, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, king,
knave, last expedient, last resort, last shift, left bower,
likely lad, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, move, nice guy,
no slouch, outdo, outstrip, outweigh, overbalance, overbear,
overcome, overpass, overtop, pack, pair, pass, perfect,
picture cards, pis aller, playing cards, predominate, preponderate,
prevail, pussycat, queen, resort, resource, round, royal flush,
rubber, ruff, shake-up, shift, singleton, solution, spades, step,
stopgap, stout fellow, straight, stratagem, stroke,
stroke of policy, surpass, tactic, temporary expedient, top,
tower above, tower over, transcend, trey, trick,
working hypothesis, working proposition
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