To trump is to outrank or defeat someone or something, often in a highly public way. Safety might trump appearance when you're buying a car, or your desires may trump your brother's when it comes to making weekend plans.
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
Noun
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
Noun
a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
Verb
proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
Verb
play a trump
Verb
get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
Verb
produce a sound as if from a trumpet
n.
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a
trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
v. i.
To blow a trumpet.
n.
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.
n.
An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called
also ruff.
n.
A good fellow; an excellent person.
v. i.
To play a trump card when one of another suit has been
led.
v. t.
To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as,
she trumped the first trick.
v. t.
To trick, or impose on; to deceive.
v. t.
To impose unfairly; to palm off.
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We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.
The wakeful trump of doom.
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Alfred is a trump, I think you say.
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.
Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them.
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Authors have been trumped upon us.
A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.
To blow a trumpet.
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.
To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.
To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card;
To trick, or impose on; to deceive.
Usage Examples
Winning 'The Apprentice' changed my life in ways I could never have imagined. It has been an amazing experience working for Donald Trump and I am very grateful for the whole opportunity.
Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business.
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Other Usage ExamplesMom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.
Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.
Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.