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trump

/trʌmp/

trump up

Translations

trumpnoun

trumps

/trʌmp/

козырь

He played a trump card to win the game.

Он сыграл козырной картой, чтобы выиграть игру.

труба

The musician played a beautiful melody on the trump.

Музыкант сыграл красивую мелодию на трубе.

Synonyms

ace

card

winning card

trump card

victory

trumpverb

trumped

Past Simple

trumped

Past Participle

trumping

Gerund

/trʌmp/

превзойти

Her performance managed to trump all expectations.

Ее выступление смогло превзойти все ожидания.

перебить

He managed to trump his opponent's argument with a clever point.

Ему удалось перебить аргумент своего оппонента умной мыслью.

Additional translations

Synonyms

trumpadjective

Used attributively in card–game contexts (e.g. “trump card”, “trump suit”).

Synonyms

Definitions

trumpnoun

A playing card of a suit that ranks above the others in a particular hand.

He played a trump to win the trick.

A valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, in order to gain an advantage.

The new evidence was his trump in the negotiation.

A sound of a trumpet or similar instrument.

The trump of the angel was heard throughout the land.

The suit that outranks the other suits in a particular deal or round of a card game.

Clubs are trumps this hand.

trumpverb

To surpass or outdo someone or something.

Her performance in the competition trumped all the other contestants.

To play a trump card that beats another card in a card game.

He decided to trump his opponent's ace with a spade.

To fabricate or invent, chiefly in the phrasal verb “trump up”.

They tried to trump up charges against the whistle-blower.

(archaic) To sound a trumpet; to trumpet.

The herald trumped loudly at the castle gate.

trumpadjective

Relating to or having the status of a trump card or trump suit; unbeatable.

The spade ace is a trump card.