Trump

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, dot ,) a metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter.
  2. Noun.  (US, singular) (cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
  3. Noun.  (British, in plural) (cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
  4. Noun.  (cards) A playing card of that suit.
  5. Noun.  (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
  6. Noun.  (context, colloquial) An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) (cards) To play a trump (on a card of another suit).
  8. Verb.  (intransitive) (cards) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
  10. Verb.  (transitive) To supersede.
  11. Verb.  (intransitive) (UK) To flatulate.
  12. Noun.  (obsolete) A trumpet.

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