Definitions for trump
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. trump, trump cardnoun

   a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps

   "the ace of trumps is a sure winner"

2. trumpnoun

   (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand

   "clubs were declared trumps"; "a trump can take a trick even when a card of a different suit is led"

3. cornet, horn, trumpet, trumpverb

   a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

4. trumpverb

   produce a sound as if from a trumpet

5. outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoopverb

   get the better of

   "the goal was to best the competition"

6. trump, ruffverb

   play a trump

7. trump, trump outverb

   proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Trumpnoun

   a metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter

2. Etymology: Possibly from Italian trionfi (triumph(s)).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TRUMPnoun

   Etymology: trompe, Dutch, and old Fr. tromba, Italian.

   1. A trumpet; an instrument of warlike musick.

   Whilst any trump did sound, or drum struck up,
   His sword did ne’er leave striking in the field. William Shakespeare.

   Yet first to those ychain’d in sleep,
   The wakeful trump of doom must thunder through the deep. John Milton.

   I heard
   The neighing coursers and the soldiers cry,
   And sounding trumps that seem’d to tear the sky. Dryden.

   Beneath this tomb an infant lies,
   To earth whose body lent,
   Hereafter shall more glorious rise,
   But not more innocent.
   When the archangel’s trump shall blow,
   And souls to bodies join,
   What crowds shall wish their lives below
   Had been as short as thine. Samuel Wesley.

   2. A winning card; a card that has particular privileges in a game.

   Fox. ].

   Him Basto follow’d, but his fate more hard,
   Gain’d but one trump and one plebeian card. Alexander Pope.

   Now her heart with pleasure jumps,
   She scarce remembers what is trumps. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To put to or upon the Trumps. To put to the last expedient.

   We are now put upon our last trump; the fox is earth’d, but I shall send my two terriers in after him. Dryden.

2. To Trumpverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To win with a trump card.2. To Trump up. [from tromper, Fr. to cheat.] To devise; to forge.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trump

   1. (verb) The act of surpassing and gaining advantage over someone or something by employing superior tactics or abilities. 2. (noun) In the game of bridge and other card games, a card of the suit that has been chosen to rank above the others. 3. (noun) A dependable and exemplary person or resource that can be called upon for help or advantage. 4. (noun) A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone, often used in orchestras and military bands. 5. (noun) The last name of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States who served from 2017 to 2021. Remember, the use or meaning of the term can often vary depending on the context in which it's used.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Trumpnoun

   a wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry

2. Trumpverb

   to blow a trumpet

3. Trumpnoun

   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

4. Trumpnoun

   an old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff

5. Trumpnoun

   a good fellow; an excellent person

6. Trumpverb

   to play a trump card when one of another suit has been led

7. Trumpverb

   to play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick

8. Trumpverb

   to trick, or impose on; to deceive

9. Trumpverb

   to impose unfairly; to palm off

WikidataRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Trump

   A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its normal rank in trick-taking games. Typically an entire suit is nominated as a trump suit - these cards then outrank all cards of plain suits. In other contexts, the term trump card can refer to any sort of action, authority, or policy which automatically prevails over all others.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 4 votes

1. Trump

   trump, v.t. to deceive; to introduce unfairly.—adj. Trumped′-up, forged, worthless.—n. Trum′pery, something showy but worthless: rubbish: nonsense, idle talk.—adj. showy and worthless.—Trump up, to forge: collect from any quarter. [Fr. tromper, to deceive, orig. to play on the trump.]

2. Trump

   trump, n. a trumpet: a Jew's-harp. [O. Fr. trompe (It. tromba); cf. Old High Ger. trumba, Ger. tromme, Eng. drum, which is thus a doublet of trump.]

3. Trump

   trump, n. a card of the leading suit that triumphs or wins: one of the suit of cards which takes any other: an old game of cards: (coll.) a good, trusty fellow.—v.i. to play a trump card.—v.t. to play a trump card upon.—Call, Signal, for trumps, in whist, a conventional signal indicating that the player wishes his partner to lead trumps. [From triumph, confused with trump, to deceive.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trump

   A wind instrument, made of brass or silver, used in the cavalry and mounted artillery.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trumpnoun

   1) To have lots of money, like billionaire Donald Trump. 2) (n) In certain card games the highest ranking suit is called trump (e.g. spades). When a person has nothing but trump cards in his hand it is referred to as being 'trump tight'. "cause Snoop dog is trump tight like the virgin-surgeon" -- Snoop Dogg (Tha Shiznit).

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TRUMP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trump is ranked #8484 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Trump surname appeared 3,886 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Trump.
   
   95.6% or 3,715 total occurrences were White.
   1.3% or 52 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 51 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 32 total occurrences were Black.
   0.6% or 27 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.2% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Announce
   • Beat
   • Card Game
   • Cards
   • Move
   • Sound
   • Suit

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How to pronounce trump?

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How to say trump in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trump in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trump in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of trump in a Sentence

1. Greg Lipper:

   Trump TowerIt is asking the court not only to make Trump TowerIt own determination that the documents are privileged but to override the actual, current holder of the office.

2. Vander Plaats:

   It's showing how desperate Trump is right now, because he sees that he's probably going to lose Iowa.

3. Michael Cohen:

   (Chairman) Reince Priebus has an obligation to Donald Trump in order to treat him fairly, make sure the process treats him fairly, and if they don't, this will be a very, very bad thing for the Republican Party.

4. Alan Garten:

   To say (Trump) is anti-Mexico or anti the Mexican people would be completely inaccurate.

5. Joe Biden:

   How can we beat Donald Trump if we're not perceived as being totally authentic with the American people about what we're gon na do and how we're gon na do it ? what it's gon na cost and who's gon na pay ?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trump
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trump
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=trump
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trump
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trump
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=trump
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=trump