trumps
noun
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A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.
noun
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The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
Example: Diamonds were declared trump(s).
A playing card of that suit.
Example: He played an even higher trump.
Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
verb
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To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
Example: He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.
To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
To impose unfairly; to palm off.
noun
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A trumpet.
Flatulence.
The noise made by an elephant through its trunk.
verb
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To blow a trumpet.
To flatulate.
Example: And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.