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1. (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"
    
2. A playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps
   "the ace of trumps is a sure winner";
   - trump card
    
3. [archaic] A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
   - cornet, horn, trumpet

1. Get the better of
   "the goal was to trump the competition";
   - outdo, outflank, best, outgun
    
2. (card game) play a trump
   - ruff
    
3. Proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
   - trump out
    
4. [archaic] Produce a sound as if from a trumpet

1. United States businessman and Republican president from January 2017-2021; born in 1946
   - Donald Trump, Donald John Trump

Derived forms: trumps, trumping, trumped

Type of: announce, beat, beat out, brass, brass instrument, Chief Executive, crush, denote, go, move, playing card, POTUS [US, informal], President, President of the United States, shell, sound, suit, trounce, United States President, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Trump, Melania