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trump




Definizioni

inglese > italiano
trump
     1. sost. (carte) briscola
     2. sost. prendere con una briscola
     3. sost. (Glossa;trionfare) battere, vincere
inglese > inglese
trump
     1. subst. (cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
           Diamonds were declared trump(s).
     2. subst. (cards) A playing card of that suit.
           He played an even higher trump.
     3. subst. (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
     4. subst. (colloquial, now rare) An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
     5. subst. An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
     6. subst. A card of the major arcana of the tarot.
     7. v. (transitive, cards) To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
           He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.
     8. v. (intransitive, cards) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
     9. v. To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
     10. v. (transitive, dated) To impose unfairly; to palm off.
     11. v. To supersede.
           In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
     12. subst. (archaic) A trumpet.
     13. subst. (slang) Flatulence.
     14. subst. The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
     15. v. To blow a trumpet.
     16. v. (intransitive, slang) To flatulate.
           And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.
     17. subst. (dated, musical instrument) (synonym of Jew's harp).

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Esempi d'uso

You may have always held the ace, but this time I had the trump card. 



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