TRUMP
What does "TRUMP" mean?
In card games, a suit ranked above all others for the duration of a hand.
Meanings
- A playing card of the suit chosen to outrank all other suits. She slapped down a trump and took the trick.
- To beat a card by playing a trump; figuratively, to outdo or override. His clever budget trumped every objection.
- A decisive advantage held in reserve, as in 'trump card'. The witness was the prosecutor's trump card. figurative
- The blast of a trumpet, especially in the phrase 'the last trump'. They sang of the dead rising at the last trump. archaic
Did you know?
- The 'trump' that beats every other card is a worn-down spelling of 'triumph' - and Triumph was itself the name of a card game played in Tudor England.
Word origin
The card sense is a corruption of 'triumph', from Latin 'triumphus' (a victory procession); the trumpet sense comes separately from Old French 'trompe' (a horn).
Remember it
TRUMP is TRiUMPh with the 'iuh' squeezed out - the winning suit keeps the win baked in.
A little poem
Four suits laid even, fortune undecided-
one named the master, and the hand divided.
couplet
Wordplay
- A trump card walked into a bar and ordered for everyone - it just outranked the whole round.
What it teaches
Every game declares one suit supreme; learn early which advantage your table is playing for.
Quick facts
What does TRUMP mean?
In card games, a suit ranked above all others for the duration of a hand.
Is TRUMP a valid word?
Yes — TRUMP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRUMP?
TRUMP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRUMP come from?
The card sense is a corruption of 'triumph', from Latin 'triumphus' (a victory procession); the trumpet sense comes separately from Old French 'trompe' (a horn).
What can TRUMP teach us?
Every game declares one suit supreme; learn early which advantage your table is playing for.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.