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TRUMPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trumping mean?
• TRUMPING (noun)
The noun TRUMPING has 1 sense:
1. (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
Familiarity information: TRUMPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
ruff; trumping
Hypernyms ("trumping" is a kind of...):
play; turn ((game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession)
Domain category:
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Holonyms ("trumping" is a part of...):
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
Derivation:
trump (play a trump)
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