Meaning

8 senses

  1. (transitive)To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.

    He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.

    stechen

    козырятьkozyrjatʹ

    play a trump

  2. (intransitive)To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.

    trumpfen, einen Trumpf ausspielen

  3. (transitive)To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.

    ausstechen

    get the better of

  4. (dated, transitive)To impose unfairly; to palm off.

  5. (transitive)To supersede.

    In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.

    übertrumpfen

  6. (transitive)To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.

  7. To blow a trumpet.

    produce a sound as if from a trumpet

  8. (UK, colloquial, intransitive)To fart.

    And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.

    Who trumped?

Examples

332 sentences

  1. He played his trump card.

    Він скористався своєю козирною картою. — deniko

    deEr spielte seinen Trumpf aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Tom was jailed on trumped-up charges.

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  3. Boris Johnson is the British Donald Trump.

    Борис Джонсон — це британський Дональд Трамп. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    ruБорис Джонсон - британский Дональд Трамп. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  4. Trump has ruined everything he has touched.

    Трамп зруйнував усе, до чого він торкався. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  5. Trump is a lout, because he talks and acts like a lout.

    Трамп — гопник, бо він говорить і діє наче гопник. — deniko

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to play a trump on a card of another suit:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to play a trump on a card of another suit:
to play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump:
to get the better of, or finesse, a competitor:
to supersede:

Origin

Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet o

Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.

From Middle English trumpe, trompe (“trumpet”), from Old French trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa (“trumpet”), from a common Germanic word of imitative origin. Doublet of tulumba and tromp.

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Forms

trumps, trumping, trumped, trumped
Base formtrump · to trump
3rd person singulartrumps
Present participletrumping
Past simpletrumped
Past participletrumped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrump
he, she, ittrumps

Past simpleLesson

all personstrumped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave trumped
he, she, ithas trumped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trump

Synonyms

9 synonyms
to act like a fool:clownA2
to lie, deceive:cheatB2
to get the better of a competitor:outsmart
to play a trump card on another suit:ruff
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Relatedtrumping
Derivedbetrumpouttrumpovertrumptrump cardtrump upundertrumpuntrumped

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trueborntruffletruismC2trulyA2trumpetB1truncate
trump — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto